Today, we're surrounded by a variety of electronic devices that are moving increasingly closer to us - we can attach and wear them, or even implant electronics inside our bodies.
Nanophysics
Jan 13, 2015
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New work from Carnegie's Ivan Naumov and Russell Hemley delves into the chemistry underlying some surprising recent observations about hydrogen, and reveals remarkable parallels between hydrogen and graphene under extreme ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 16, 2014
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(Phys.org)—Capacitors are widely used in electrical circuits to store small amounts of energy, but have never been used for large-scale energy storage. Now researchers from Japan have shown that the right combination of ...
In the race to find materials of ever increasing thinness, surface area and conductivity to make better performing battery electrodes, a lump of clay might have just taken the lead. Materials scientists from Drexel University's ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 26, 2014
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Energy storage devices and computer screens may seem worlds apart, but they're not.
Nanomaterials
Nov 19, 2014
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Making a paper airplane in school used to mean trouble. Today it signals a promising discovery in materials science research that could help next-generation technology -like wearable energy storage devices- get off the ground. ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 11, 2014
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When Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Yan Xu talks about "islanding," or isolating, from the grid, she's discussing a fundamental benefit of microgrids—small systems powered by renewables ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 5, 2014
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Sandia National Laboratories has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower's GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia's Energy Storage Test Pad in Albuquerque, N.M.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 24, 2014
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NASA has selected four proposals for advanced energy storage technologies that may be used to power the agency's future space missions.
Space Exploration
Aug 8, 2014
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Innovative nano-material based supercapacitors are set to bring mass market appeal a good step closer to the lukewarm public interest in Germany. This movement is currently being motivated by the advancements in the state-of-the-art ...
Engineering
Jul 1, 2014
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