Materials Science features, January 2010

Old materials produce brand-new supercapcacitor

Researchers have produced a novel, highly scalable supercapacitor for storing renewable energy by combining cement, carbon black and water.

Towards bridging LEDs' green gap

Researchers found that the semiconductor indium nitride (InN)will emit green light if reduced to 1 nanometer-wide wires.

What really sank the Titanic?

Transparent iron