Scientists turn tires into graphene that makes stronger concrete
This could be where the rubber truly hits the road.
Rice University scientists have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene...
Scientists unravel the secrets of printed electronics
Next-gen electronics is envisioned to be non-rigid, component-free, flexible, bendable, and easily integrable with different objects.
Direct-write printing techniques provide unique opportunity to enable this...
Scientists find the most flexible 2D material
Scientists at University of Texas at Austin, find a new kind of two-dimensional (2D) material with unique properties.
The discovery brings the next-generation flexible electronic...
Scientists find way to turn wood into plastic
Plastics are one of the world's largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature.
Scientists have created a high-quality bioplastic from wood...
Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers
The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology — optical fiber.
Physicists at the National Institute...
Scientists find way to coordinate several drones to deliver heavy packages
Many parcel delivery drones of the future are expected to handle packages weighing five pounds or less, a restriction that would allow small, standardized...
Scientists invent new material that can strengthen from vibration
Bone is not just a fixed material—it’s a dynamic set of structures that can adapt their mass and strength based on the loads they...
New material could make renewable energy from water, shows study
One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight.
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a...
Scientists develop first self-cooling laser made with a silica fiber
Researchers have toiled for years, unsuccessfully, in pursuit of a silica optical fiber that would cool itself when excited with infrared laser light.
Such a...
Satellite constellation could boost Wi-Fi on planes soon
Flight passengers will soon be able to connect to their families and colleagues on Earth via low-orbit telecommunications satellites.
Speeds will be comparable to those...