Researchers pushing limits of solar cells

Florida State University researchers are striving to make solar cells more effective at trapping and using light. They're one step closer.

Researchers create cheaper, high performing LED

A team of Florida State University materials researchers has developed a new type of light-emitting diode, or LED, using an organic-inorganic hybrid that could lead to cheaper, brighter and mass produced lights and displays ...

Why Curiosity matters

Adam Steltzner doesn't sound much like an ordinary engineer. 

Researchers discover new uses for high tech alloy

(Phys.org) -- Materials scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, Etrema Products, Inc. (EPI), and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division have developed new ways to form a high tech metal ...

Shape memory materials ready for mass production

Five years ago, Professor Mirko Gojic, a researcher at the University of Zagreb in Croatia, wondered what his small team of researchers could do to lower the price of 'smart metals': a type of high-tech materials that can ...