Desalinating water to meet the world’s growing water demands may be feasible using solar energy.
A high-capacity battery material developed from salmon DNA
A Korean research team has succeeded in developing next-generation high-capacity cathode material for lithium-ion batteries using DNA from salmon and carbon nanotubes.
New smart materials from ionic liquid–polymer composites
The combination of ionic liquids with polymers allows the development of smart materials with superior properties and tailored functionalities for several areas of application.
A new technique to enhance the catalysis of nobel metal aerogels
A new salting-agent facilitates the synthesis of new nobel metal aerogels for enhanced electrocatalysts.
A low-cost, intelligent soft robotic finger
Researchers from Taiwan and Japan have developed a low-cost, intelligent soft robotic finger using paper electronics.
How do you power billions of sensors? By converting waste heat into electricity
Researchers at Osaka University are helping to power portable sensors that do not use batteries by generating electricity from heat that is otherwise wasted.
The soft touch of intelligent, robotic systems
A new, flexible, and self-powered sensor made by magnetoelectric materials can convert mechanical stimuli to electrical signals for robots with a “soft touch”.
Using computational screens to identify 2D materials for battery anodes
Computational screens allow researchers to efficiently determine how different elemental combinations can alter material properties to quickly identify 2D materials for next generation battery anodes.
Using microalgae to generate 3D photoluminescent microstructures
Scientists feed live microalgal cells terbium to fabricate 3D functional devices.
Wearable electronic contact lenses as non-invasive brain sensors
Smart contact lenses could revolutionize the way in which we monitor brain activity and diagnose neurological diseases.