Headline: Study reveals a reaction at the heart of many renewable energy technologies
■ Release Date: 2024.1.16
■ Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
■ Keywords: fuel cells, energy, electrode
■ Abstract:
Chemists have mapped how proton-coupled electron transfers happen at the surface of an electrode. Their results could help researchers design more efficient fuel cells, batteries, or other energy technologies.
Headline: Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants
■ Release Date: 2024.1.16
■ Published by: University of Michigan
■ Keywords: magnet, carbon, robot
■ Abstract:
'Soft robots,' medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism -- thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers. Carbon-based, magnetic molecules are chemically bonded to the molecular network of a gel, creating a flexible, long-lived magnet for soft robotics.
Headline: Space solar power project ends first in-space mission with successes and lessons
■ Release Date: 2024.1.17
■ Published by: California Institute of Technology
■ Keywords: solar cell, energy, perovskite
■ Abstract:
A 10-month mission demonstrated three elements of the plan to beam solar power from space to Earth.
Headline: Ultrafast laser pulses could lessen data storage energy needs
■ Release Date: 2024.1.17
■ Published by: University of California - Davis
■ Keywords: energy, magnetic, laser
■ Abstract:
A discovery from an experiment with magnetic materials and ultrafast lasers could be a boon to energy-efficient data storage.
Headline: Long live the graphene valley state
■ Release Date: 2024.1.17
■ Published by: ETH Zurich
■ Keywords: graphene, valley, quantum
■ Abstract:
Researchers found evidence that bilayer graphene quantum dots may host a promising new type of quantum bit based on so-called valley states.
Headline: The metalens meets the stars
■ Release Date: 2024.1.17
■ Published by: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
■ Keywords: metalens, nanostructure, nebula
■ Abstract:
Researchers have developed a 10-centimeter-diameter glass metalens that can image the sun, the moon and distant nebulae with high resolution. It is the first all-glass, large-scale metalens in the visible wavelength that can be mass produced using conventional CMOS fabrication technology.
Headline: Chemists create a 2D heavy fermion
■ Release Date: 2024.1.17
■ Published by: Columbia University
■ Keywords: cerium, silicon, iodine
■ Abstract:
Researchers have synthesized the first 2D heavy fermion. The material, a layered intermetallic crystal composed of cerium, silicon, and iodine (CeSiI), has electrons that are 1000x heavier and is a new platform to explore quantum phenomena.
Headline: Cobalt-free batteries could power cars of the future
■ Release Date: 2024.1.18
■ Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
■ Keywords: cathode, battery, cobalt
■ Abstract:
A new battery material could offer a more sustainable way to power electric cars. The lithium-ion battery includes a cathode based on organic materials, instead of cobalt or nickel.
Headline: Next-generation batteries could go organic, cobalt-free for long-lasting power
■ Release Date: 2024.1.18
■ Published by: American Chemical Society
■ Keywords: battery, cobalt, lithium-ion
■ Abstract:
In the switch to 'greener' energy sources, the demand for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries is surging. However, their cathodes typically contain cobalt -- a metal whose extraction has high environmental and societal costs. Now, researchers in report evaluating an earth-abundant, carbon-based cathode material that could replace cobalt and other scarce and toxic metals without sacrificing lithium-ion battery performance.
Headline: Researchers create faster and cheaper way to print tiny metal structures with light
■ Release Date: 2024.1.18
■ Published by: Georgia Institute of Technology
■ Keywords: nanoscale printing, metal, light
■ Abstract:
Researchers have developed a light-based means of printing nano-sized metal structures that is 480 times faster and 35 times cheaper than the current conventional method. It is a scalable solution that could transform a scientific field long reliant on technologies that are prohibitively expensive and slow. Their method is called superluminescent light projection (SLP).
