Why Better Batteries Take So Long to Develop
Lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops and electric vehicles for more than 30 years. They have changed the way we live, but they...
Why Monkeys Befriend Dogs, Deer and Other Animals
Why do humans enjoy keeping pets?
A new international study suggests that the answer may reach much further back in evolution than scientists once believed.
Researchers...
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew.
It is one of the brightest and...
New Hybrid Battery Binder Could Help Electric Cars Go Farther and Last Longer
A team of researchers has developed a new battery material that could help electric vehicles travel farther on a single charge while also extending...
New Robot Uses Liquid Nitrogen to Extinguish Wildfires Without Harmful Chemicals
A professor at Northeastern University has developed a unique firefighting robot that uses liquid nitrogen instead of chemical fire retardants to extinguish flames.
The technology...
New Spray-On Coating Helps Air Filters Capture More Pollution and Last Nearly Twice as...
Air filters play a vital role in keeping the air we breathe clean.
They are used in homes, offices, hospitals, factories, cars and many other...
New Wood-Based Foam Could Replace Plastic Insulation In Coolers
A graduate student at the University of Maine has developed a new type of wood-based foam that could one day replace the plastic insulation...
What really happens to your data when you click ‘delete’
Deletion is a common part of modern life.
We send files and folders to the recycle bin all the time and often get rid of...
Supermassive Black Hole Blasts Shock Waves Across 300,000 Light-Years, New Study Finds
Black holes are famous for pulling in everything that gets too close, including gas, dust, and even light.
But new research shows they can also...
Wireless Laser Charging Could Keep Drones in the Air for Hours, Study Finds
Imagine a drone that can stay in the air for hours without needing to land for a battery change.
That idea may be one step...
AI Home Check May Help Find Diabetes Years Earlier
Millions of people around the world are living with type 2 diabetes without knowing it. Because the disease often develops slowly, many people do...
What Happens to Solar Panels After They Die?
Solar panels have become one of the most recognizable symbols of clean energy.
They sit on rooftops, cover large solar farms and generate electricity from...
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How waste plastic can create free hydrogen gas
Scientists at Rice University have found an amazing way to deal with two big problems we face today: plastic waste and the need for...
Scientists turn old EV batteries into more powerful next-generation batteries
Electric vehicle (EV) batteries may have a much brighter future than simply being recycled into basic materials.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego...
New material design has put artificial photosynthesis within reach
Scientist Heinz Frei has spent decades working toward building an artificial version of one of nature's most elegant and effective machines:
The leaf.
Researchers around the...
Scientists develop thorium film for revolutionary atomic clocks
Physicists at UCLA have taken a major step toward creating the most accurate clocks ever by using a thin film of thorium-229.
This new material...
Beyond Moore’s Law: Taking transistors into the third dimension
Silicon integrated circuits, which are used in computer processors, are approaching the maximum feasible density of transistors on a single chip--at least, in two-dimensional...