5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (389+ words) Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult for scientists to replicate. The system is both a sensor and a processor, with the eyes and the brain…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (251+ words) Plants and algae make their fuel from sunlight. Perhaps we could do the same using semiconductors. A team of scientists at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) made strides in that direction. They discovered a silicon semiconductor coupled to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (476+ words) The use of artificial intelligence has enabled researchers at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) to gain a greater understanding of two-dimensional (2 D) materials that can be useful for energy storage, water purification, and advanced electronics. By closing the knowledge…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1430+ words) Today's nearly $70 billion U. S. biofuels economy is powered by two technology toolboxes. Biochemical technologies'used to produce around 17 billion gallons of ethanol annually'leverage microorganisms to convert plant biomass sugars into alcohols, other biofuels, or chemicals. Chemical technologies, the second toolbox, use catalysts…...