4+ hour, 50+ min ago   (556+ words) The trusses proved their mettle by supporting 4,000 pounds of pressure during testing. Engineers at MIT are successfully turning raw plastic waste into high-strength floor trusses via large-scale additive manufacturing. Notably, the trusses proved their mettle by supporting 4,000 pounds of pressure…...

14+ hour, 43+ min ago   (546+ words) Researchers at Kennesaw State University are developing a sulfur-modified solid electrolyte designed to improve lithium-ion movement in solid-state batteries, addressing one of the main technical barriers preventing the technology from wider use. Solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte used…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (438+ words) The findings are a significant milestone in nuclear physics because they help validate sophisticated models that can advance understanding of nuclear properties and the early universe....

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (458+ words) Cigarette butts are a major environmental problem. But researchers are now turning "this waste into high-performance components for sustainable energy storage. Composed mostly of cellulose acetate " a type of plastic " the waste takes years to degrade and leak heavy metals…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (509+ words) By replacing stacked sheets with open tubular structures, the material reduces resistance and improves energy storage performance in batteries. Researchers at Drexel University have developed a new way to reshape MXenes, a highly conductive class of nanomaterials, into one-dimensional structures…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (362+ words) Scientists develop electrode that captures and converts CO2 into formic acid efficiently in mixed gases. Researchers in South Korea have created a new type of electrode that captures carbon dioxide from exhaust gases and converts it directly into formic acid. The…...

6+ day, 57+ min ago   (442+ words) Tests showed the supraball coating almost doubled solar absorption compared with conventional gold nanoparticle films. Though the sun produces more energy than we would ever need on Earth, current solar harvesting technologies are limited, and they don't capture as much…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (428+ words) The innovation could raise annual solar power generation by up to seven percent in dense cities. Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a low-cost hydrogel coating that cools solar panel hot spots and increases the power output, thus improving their…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (623+ words) The anode is based on low-cost, environmentally friendly activated carbon. Researchers in Germany have unveiled a low-cost anode that achieved an initial efficiency of 82 percent and could significantly boost the performance of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Developed by scientists at the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (643+ words) The "miracle material" may have formed decades before it was officially identified. Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally produced graphene over a century before it was formally identified, while developing his first…...