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Super battery
The storage of electrical energy at high charge and discharge rate is an important technology in today's society. It can enable hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and provide back-up for wind and solar energy.
Waste for life
Student learning through international development projects. Who pays and who benefits?
Super sponge
Wheat is capable of producing a dough with very special structural properties. How does a such a sticky mass become a tasty loaf?
Microbubbles take first prize
In an ideal world, energy would be cleaner and the fuels we use would be readily available.
Ubiquitin mystery chains
Researchers have been able to view in detail, and for the first time, the previously unexplained process by which long chains of a protein called ubiquitin are added to proteins that control the cell cycle.

In-Vitro Replication Of The Three-Dimensional Architecture of Biological Tissues
Interview with: Raquel Perez-Castillejos, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA
The opportunities and challenges of engineering education
Interview with: Dr Ruth Graham
A Biomimetic Approach toward Green Antifouling Technologies
Interview with: Prof. Tony Brennan, Margaret A. Ross Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, USA
Why Are Your Bones Not Made of Steel?
Interview with: Professor David Taylor, Trinity College, Dublin

Nanoscale Biomaterials Deposition: Learning to speak the language of biology
We invite you to join a web based discussion on new methods for patterning biological systems onto a variety of surfaces at nano- and micro-scale resolution.
Introduction to Raman Spectroscopy as a Characterization Tool for Graphene and Carbon Nanostructures
Raman spectroscopy is a laser light scattering technique, if you like a form of vibrational spectroscopy that records vibrations of covalent bonds and provides detailed molecular information, ideal in the elucidation of carbon nanomaterials.
Novel Techniques for In-Situ Nanomechanical Testing in the Electron Microscope
The combination of traditional nanomechanical test instruments with complementary techniques has generated innovative ways to characterize nanoscale materials.
In- Situ Nanomechanical Testing Techniques
Next generation materials research is highly dependent on the development and application of innovative nanomechanical testing techniques.

To tweet or not to tweet
Posted by Jonathan Agbenyega • 04 February 2010
I spotted this tweet recently, and it got me thinking... Which is a better barometer of opinion: Tweet or Taxi driver? Are we placing too much emphasis on networking via the internet when a simple f...
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Artificial photosynthesis
We raise here a series of critical issues regarding artificial photosynthesis with the intention of increasing awareness about what needs to be done to bring about a working prototype.
Recent progress in hydrogen storage
The ever-increasing demand for energy coupled with dwindling fossil fuel resources make the establishment of a clean and sustainable energy system a compelling need.
Modelling in nuclear energy environments
Producing energy to supply the demands of our societies is reaching a critical limit. To tackle this issue, there is a slow renaissance of fission reactors and the push to realise fusion reactors.
Local bias-induced phase transitions
Electrical bias-induced phase transitions underpin a wide range of applications from data storage to energy generation and conversion.

Nanosensors for trace explosive detection • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2008, Pages 28-36 | Senesac, L.; Thundat, T.G.
Graphene: carbon in two dimensions • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 10, Issue 1-2, January 2007, Pages 20-27 | Katsnelson, M.I.
III-V compound SC for optoelectronic devices • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 22-32 | Mokkapati, S.; Jagadish, C.
Polymer-based solar cells • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2007, Pages 28-33 | Mayer, A.C.; Scully, S.R.; Hardin, B.E.; Rowell, M.W.; McGehee, M.D.
Fabrication of low-cost electronic biosensors • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 12-20 | Sokolov, A.N.; Roberts, M.E.; Bao, Z.