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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


Multimodal imaging shows strain can drive chemistry in a photovoltaic material
A unique combination of imaging tools and atomic-level simulations has allowed a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge...
Oct 13, 20184 min read


Metal leads to the desired configuration
Scientists at the University of Basel have found a way to change the spatial arrangement of bipyridine molecules on a surface. These...
Oct 10, 20182 min read


After 150 years, a breakthrough in understanding the conversion of CO2 to electrofuels
Scientists have long sought ways to convert abundant CO2 to useful products such as chemicals and fuel. As early as in 1869, they were...
Sep 17, 20184 min read


Barriers and opportunities in renewable biofuels production
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have identified two main challenges for renewable biofuel production from cheap...
Sep 11, 20183 min read


Golden sandwich could make the world more sustainable
Scientists have developed a photoelectrode that can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer...
Sep 9, 20182 min read
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