New AI technique could check battery health with 10x higher accuracy
Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict battery health with 10x higher accuracy than current industry standard.
The new method could aid...
Scientists tap unused energy source to power future smart sensor networks
The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are present all around us.
Scientists have developed a...
On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products
If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs,...
Double-walled nanotubes could be highly useful for solar panels, says new study
One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there's new evidence that two could be tops.
Rice University engineers already knew that size matters...
Scientists find new way to produce safer lithium-ion batteries
For the first time, researchers who explore the physical and chemical properties of electrical energy storage have found a new way to improve lithium-ion...
Flat-panel tech could transform antennas, wireless and phone communications
What goes in is not what comes out with a spatio-temporally modulated metasurface reflector.
Researchers are reinventing the mirror, at least for microwaves, potentially replacing...
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 a safer, more durable lithium ion battery
The popular myth that a spider is never more than a few feet away is arguably more true of lithium-ion batteries than of arachnids.
Powering...
New way to keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly heating up and catching fire...
Fast-charging could damage electric car batteries
Just 25 industry-standard fast charging cycles can ruin a car’s batteries.
Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that...