7+ hour, 1+ min ago  (204+ words) By growing molybdenum disulfide inside protective tubes of boron nitride, researchers from the University of Tokyo, produced highly uniform tubes one nanometer wide, a scale at which it's difficult to make stable nanotube structures. The work confirms decades-old theoretical predictions…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (298+ words) Despite many challenges substantial progress is being made in in situ water quality measurement, writes Craige Palmer. This is no small task. Variable temperature, pressure, salinity, turbidity and biological activity all influence water chemistry and can disrupt readings. Add to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (154+ words) Soft Bank is hooking up with Cosmos Lab of Korea to produce zinc-halogen batteries for datacentres, reports the Nikkei. The attraction of zinc-halogen batteries is that they can be made with locally available materials and do not need lithium or…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (488+ words) Researchers at the University of Birmingham have come up with a novel method for producing conductors, semiconductors and electronic insulators uses vibrational energy to "split" and "peel off" molecular-thin layers of material. The researchers have demonstrated a new technique for…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (269+ words) Toray Industries has developed a piezoelectric polymer with heat resistance exceeding 200 C. Piezoelectric materials generate voltage in response to stress, vibration, and other external sources. The two prime piezoelectric materials have some drawbacks. The first is polyvinylidene fluoride. It loses its…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (126+ words) Establishing a closed-loop cycle for lithium by recycling batteries has become a critical technological challenge as more people adopt electrified vehicles and economies decarbonise. The proliferation of nickel- and cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate batteries in recent years has greatly increased…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (366+ words) Improved battery electrolytes or more cost-effective solar panels are two possibilities from research at MIT which automates the search for polymer blends that create materials with chosen properties, according to the university. Computer power alone was not enough to design…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago  (572+ words) Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have solved one of the (many) sodium ion battery challenges, and discovered why the associated material works so well. The material is "-Na Mn O2, a layered form of sodium manganese oxide, proposed as…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (114+ words) There was once a prodigious scientist, a President of the Royal Society who was "created a baronet "and who, in the year 1808, discovered "five elements including calcium and boron. .. . The post The Greatest Discovery appeared first on Electronics Weekly. There…...