Scientists developed a fully print-in-place electronics technique that is gentle enough to work on surfaces as delicate as human skin.
Self-Sustaining Oscillating Surfaces in Soft Matter
Appliction of an AC current results in a self-sustaining oscillating polymer surface.
Nobel Prizes 2019: Physics
Prize awarded jointly to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”.
Radiative Sky Cooling as a Renewable Source of Energy
A new, cost-effective device that can generate electricity from energy otherwise lost to space.
SF6 Worries – The Most Potent and Persistent Greenhouse Gas
The most potent and persistent greenhouse gas is neither carbon dioxide nor methane, but sulfur hexafluoride, a colorless, odorless, non-polar, inert gas.
A Catalyst for Sustainable Methanol
A new green catalyst converts carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methanol.
Researcher Highlight: Maria Antonietta Loi
Professor Maria Antonietta Loi can be described best as an experimental solid-state physicist with a great love for photophysics and optoelectronics. In short, she just loves light! Born in Sardinia, Maria studied physics and finished her Ph.D. in Cagliari in 2001....
The Next Generation of Smart Windows Using Carbon Dots
A new nanofluid coating provides an opportunity to reduce energy waste in the next generation of smart windows.
Can Nature Save Humanity?
Large-scale re-forestation can be a very effective means to decarbonize the future.
Challenges of Electrifying Heterogeneous Catalysis
How feasible is hydrogen production using renewable sources of energy?