2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (553+ words) Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed hybrid perovskite materials that rethink how light emission works and could improve fast radiation detectors. Instead of relying mainly on the inorganic portion of perovskites, the team designed materials that harness the…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago  (565+ words) The technology could also serve as cost-effective biosensors for field deployment. Researchers at McGill University in Canada have optimized a process that converts human urine into usable electricity. Aided by Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), the researchers have found a cost-effective…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (551+ words) Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an ultra-stretchable material that repels nearly any liquid and holds up under extreme deformation. The team used laser ablation instead of chemical spray coatings to build the liquid-repellent surface, eliminating the need…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (675+ words) A closer look at how metabolic engineering and industrial fermentation could provide a biological route to a key rubber precursor. With growing environmental pressures, engineers have lately been hard-pressed to develop circular approaches that use industrial CO" emissions to produce…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (569+ words) A new study has overturned a fundamental tenet of metallurgy: the "Metallurgy 101" rule that heat always softens metal. The rule was simple: if you want to bend metal, heat it. It allows the material to be bent or molded without…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (504+ words) This new device skips the messy filtration and finds "forever chemicals" in minutes, even in muddy water. The joint team from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) and Chungnam National University published their findings in ACS Sensors. Led…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (392+ words) Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a new type of calcium-ion battery that could challenge lithium-ion technology by improving stability and performance. Calcium-ion batteries are seen as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries because…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (595+ words) The TERS technique uses a sharp metal tip to zoom in on atomic vibrations at the tiniest scale. Scientists in Germany have shed light on how nanoscale imaging techniques like tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) can be distorted by metal surfaces…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (827+ words) These materials seal cracks automatically before damage can spread. Even the most carefully designed objects, components, and machines have limited lifespans. This explains why roads crack under repeated stress, cement develops fractures, and protective coatings deteriorate, thus exposing metals to…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (516+ words) Researchers show how discarded coal waste could become a domestic source of rare earth elements. Coal mine waste could become an unexpected domestic source of rare earth elements as U.S. researchers look to reduce dependence on foreign supply chains critical to…...