UConn's New Green Process Offers Better Control and is Recyclable

Green Process Creates New Nanoporous Materials, UConn

As our knowledge of chemistry continues to advance, we keep finding new ways to apply the same basic elements. Finding a green process that...

Plastic Shopping Bags Recycled into Nanomaterial

At the University of Adelaide in Australia, plastic shopping bags have become high-tech nanomaterial. Researchers at the University of Adelaide's Nanotech Research Group have figured...

Move Over Giant Hard Drives, Scientists Store 1TB of Data in a Spoon of...

Advances in the field of nanotechnology have managed to completely transform our portable electronic gadgets from what they used to be. The most fascinating part...

Nanogenerator Powers an E-watch with Energy from Wrist Movement

Self-powered electronic watch uses high-tech mechanism to harvest the energy of the wrist movement, paving the way to battery-free devices. A team of scientists, led...

It’s a Battery, no it’s a Solar Cell, no it’s the Solar Battery!

Scientists at Ohio State University are at a loss as to what to call their new invention.  It produces electricity like a solar cell,...

Nanotech Stars – NIST Method Produces Graphene More Efficiently

Researchers have been finding numerous possible applications for the wonder-material called graphene, but mass-production has, so far, escaped them. So far, graphene production in small...

Water Repellent Material Created by Lasers Could Help Solar Panels

A revolutionary new laser method for etching metals resulted in the development of super water repelling material. It makes water droplets bounce off it, taking all...
Generator Inside the Nacelle of a Wind Turbine, Could Benefit from Superconductor

High-Performance Superconductors Developed, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Superconductors typically find their way into power generation and transmission applications, where losses are unacceptable or great amounts of current are needed to flow. When...