17+ hour, 22+ min ago  (814+ words) Maher El-Kad and /UCLA New battery technology: proteins (red) contain tiny clusters of metal (silver). Each yellow sphere in the structures in the center represents a single nickel or iron atom. Thomas Edison envisioned the potential of electric vehicles long…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (925+ words) Jing Wang, a researcher at the University of Chicago, is the first author of a study that revealed some of the main causes of " and ways to mitigate " the degradation of single-crystal lithium-ion batteries A hidden cracking mechanism explains why…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (491+ words) A team of researchers took inspiration from kirigami, a Japanese paper art form, to create a new material " which goes from a flat grid to any desired 3D structure. There is a lvery tenuous between mathematics and art. Apparently, the same…...