5+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1545+ words) – If a battery works, it is because the right materials have been combined in the right components. Whether you want to optimise ionic conductivity or thermal stability, it comes down to the choice of materials. Anna Martinelli is Professor at…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (396+ words) The method Martina Olsson explored in her thesis concerns how X-ray techniques can be used to image materials. When the Department of Physics selects the best doctoral thesis at the department in 2025, she stands as the winner. For Martina Olsson,…...

8+ mon, 10+ hour ago   (535+ words) A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have presented a new way to produce hydrogen gas without the scarce and expensive metal platinum. Using sunlight, water and tiny particles of electrically conductive plastic, the researchers show how…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (270+ words) Electricity use is constantly increasing globally and, according to the International Energy Agency, its proportion of the world’s total energy consumption is expected to exceed 50 per cent in 25 years, compared to the current 20 per cent. A research group at Chalmers…...