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Putting that free energy around you to good use with minuscule energy harvesters
Tokyo Tech scientists developed a micro-electromechanical energy harvester that allows for more flexibility in design, which is crucial...
Jan 28, 20192 min read
Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’
Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs, a University of Michigan professor has discovered, and that...
Jan 14, 20193 min read
Nanodiamonds as photocatalysts
Diamond nanomaterials are considered hot candidates for low-cost photocatalysts. They can be activated by light and can then accelerate...
Oct 18, 20183 min read
This bacterium gets paid in gold
A bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica won't work for free. But UC Berkeley researchers have figured out it has an appetite for gold....
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a super-hydrophobic surface that can be used to generate electrical...
Oct 17, 20182 min read
Stepping toward a smaller carbon footprint
Burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas releases carbon into the atmosphere as CO2 while the production of methanol and other...
Oct 13, 20183 min read
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