Energy news, January 2015

Emerging family of solar-absorbing materials that could clear the way for cheaper and more efficient solar panels and LEDs.

ETH researchers have developed a comprehensive model to explain how electrons flow inside new types of solar cells made of tiny crystals.

The Physics Innovation Award is a competition inviting you to come up with original innovative ideas to improve the publishing experience.

Physicists have detected 'charge ordering' in electron-doped cuprate superconductors for the first time.

Outstanding contributions recognized at the Materials Today Asia conference.

Materials engineers have made a significant leap toward creating higher-performance electronics with improved battery life.

Tandem perovskite-semiconductor promise for solar energy efficiency boost.

Making cement is a centuries-old art that has yet to be perfected, according to researchers at Rice University who believe it can be still more efficient.

Although blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs): how do they actually work?

The Editorial Board of Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Section A (NIMA) is currently accepting nominations for the Kai Siegbahn Prize.

The best material to keep carbon dioxide from natural gas wells from fouling the atmosphere may be a derivative of asphalt.

Dr Subhash Mahajan, Coordinating Editor of Acta Materialia, will receive the prestigious Institute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Award.

New Editor-in-Chief announced for Diamond and Related Materials

The 2014 Materials Today Cover Competition winners have been revealed...

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A flexible, self-powered piezoelectric motion sensor for use by Alzheimer’s patients has been developed by Korean researchers.

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