How do rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries work
Researchers have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries — which promise safety, low cost and environmental sustainability — could be developed into a viable...
Your next wooden chair could arrive flat, then dry into a 3D shape
Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending, or pressing.
That’s so old school!
Today, scientists will describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a...
Scientists find an efficient way to extract silver
Chemists have discovered the best sorbent (based on amino polymers) for extracting silver from solutions.
It helps selectively extract the precious metal, even if its...
Scientists find super-fast way to charge electric car in 10 minutes
Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles, many consumers still hesitate to make the switch.
One reason is that it takes so much longer to...
Lignin may lead to greener, stronger next-gen carbon fiber
New research with lignin may soon lead to lighter, stronger carbon fiber materials and stronger plastics with a gentler environmental impact.
Lignin is a compound...
MIT engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic skin
Wearable sensors are ubiquitous thanks to wireless technology that enables a person’s glucose concentrations, blood pressure, heart rate, and activity levels to be transmitted...
This rocket will image supernova remnant
A Northwestern University astrophysics team is aiming for the stars — well, a dead star, that is.
On Aug. 21, the NASA-funded team will launch...
New shortcut for quantum simulations could unlock new doors for technology
From water boiling into steam to ice cubes melting in a glass, we’ve all seen the phenomenon known as a phase transition in our...
Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface
Want a surface that won’t get wet? Grab some sandpaper.
Rice University researchers have developed a simple method to make surfaces superhydrophobic — that is,...
Scientists find new way to make cheaper batteries
New, easily fabricated, high performance carbon microlattice electrodes could soon be used to make cheaper batteries powered by readily available sodium ions.
The approach was...