A novel gel-based robot, or gelbot, can crawl over a surface, powered by nothing more than temperature changes and clever design.
21 December 2022
A new low-temperature process for fabricating bifacial thin-film CIGS solar cells can greatly improve their energy-conversion efficiency.
21 December 2022
New electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries stops them catching fire
20 December 2022Laurie Donaldson
Chemically recycling PVC into usable material without using heat
16 December 2022Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have developed a scalable fabrication technique for producing ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface.
15 December 2022
Researchers have come up with a souped -up method for measuring the 3D orientation of the molecular building blocks of polymers.
14 December 2022
Engineers have created a soft robot capable of detecting when and where it is damaged – and then healing itself on the spot.
13 December 2022
By adding salt to a polymer electrolyte, researchers have produced a lithium-ion battery that can function at high temperatures without starting a fire.
13 December 2022
Researchers have shown that cationic nanomaterials can target specific areas of fat and inhibit the unhealthy storage of enlarged fat cells.
8 December 2022
Researchers have developed an electrochemical method for recycling PVC that actually takes advantage of the toxic plasticizers in PVC.
7 December 2022
Researchers use AFM to explore PDMS debonding
5 December 2022Laurie Winkless