Dr. Hun-Gi Jung and his research team at the Center for Energy Storage Research of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Lee Byung…
Polystyrene foam boards (PS) are the most common insulation material, used in more than 90% of all thermal insulation composite systems (TICS). There have been…
1.8 million hip replacement surgeries were performed in developed countries in 2015. Due to lifestyle choices and a higher life expectancy, it is estimated…
Prof. Dr. Lars Pastewka from the Simulation group at the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg and his team have simulated such…
Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In the last few years, the research group Femtosecond Dynamics…
You don't need a big laser to make laser-induced graphene (LIG). Scientists at Rice University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville) and Oak…
All the elements are there to begin with, so to speak; it's just a matter of figuring out what they are capable of – alone or together. For Leslie Schoop's…
Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), studied by physicists at Michigan Technological University, encase tellurium atomic chains like a straw, which could be…
Rutgers biomedical engineers have developed a “bio-ink” for 3D printed materials that could serve as scaffolds for growing human tissues to repair or replace…
Tungsten disulfide has interesting electronic properties and is available as a 2D material. 'The electronic structure of monolayer tungsten disulfide shows two…
The demand for batteries for electric cars will increase dramatically in the next few years. At present, more than 90 percent of these batteries come from Asia.
For decades, carbon nanotubes held great promise of developments in the field of electronics and more. But one drawback to realizing these innovations has been…
The scientists conducted neutron scattering experiments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the US on samples of zirconium vanadium hydride at…
A team of researchers from Osaka University and Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research developed the world's thinnest and lightest magnetic…
From wind turbines and electric motors to sensors and magnetic switching systems: permanent magnets are used in many different electrical applications. The…
“Low-dimensional systems are en vogue”, according to Professor Michael Horn-von Hoegen, experimental physicist in the UDE Collaborative Research Centre 1242…