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From trees to power: McMaster engineers build better energy storage device
McMaster Engineering researchers Emily Cranston and Igor Zhitomirsky are turning trees into energy storage devices capable of powering...
Sep 21, 20152 min read


Inexpensive new catalysts can be fine-tuned
Material could replace precious metals and produce precisely controlled electrochemical reactivity. Researchers at MIT and Lawrence...
Sep 16, 20153 min read


Building the Electron Superhighway to improve Solar Cells
UVM scientists invent new approach in quest for organic solar panels and flexible electronics TV screens that roll up. Roofing tiles that...
Sep 15, 20153 min read


'Nanosprings' Show Promise for Self-Powered Devices
Self-powered nanosystems such as environmental and structural integrity sensors could be enabled by coiled semiconductor nanowires that...
Sep 14, 20152 min read


First superconducting graphene created by UBC researchers
Graphene, the ultra-thin, ultra-strong material made from a single layer of carbon atoms, just got a little more extreme. UBC physicists...
Sep 9, 20152 min read


Indications of the origin of the Spin Seebeck effect discovered
Thermally excited magnetic waves enable generation of electricity using insulators The recovery of waste heat in all kinds of processes...
Sep 8, 20153 min read
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