Cornell and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers develop waveguide solution that could offer increased bandwidth for fiber-optic communication.
Wind, solar power paired with storage could be cost-effective way to power grid
Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today’s electricity expenses.
Point of Light: nanofocusing in plasmonic waveguides
Engineers create a device that can focus light into a point of just a few nanometers, with applications in computing, communications, and imaging.
Flexible silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become possible
Researchers make a fiber out of crystalline silicon semiconductor materials that can function as a solar cell.
Where Materials Scientists Meet – the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting
The 2012 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from November 25 to November 30.
Boosting Heat Transfer With Nanoglue
Study From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates new method for significantly increasing heat transfer rate Across two different materials.
Glass fuel cells for next-generation electronics
New breed of micro fuel cell could serve as a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices.
Ames Laboratory scientists develop indium-free organic light-emitting diodes
US researchers have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes.
Metal Forming 2012 Online and Free to Download
Special edition of steel research international published, containing papers presented at the 14th Metal Forming International Conference.
Two New Tools for Image Processing Library
Two new tools for the image processing library „Common Vision Blox“ (CVB), the „CVB Video Stabilizer“ for recording and compensating image transformations and „CVB Optical Flow“ for the computer-supported determination of motion components in images.