Drastic reduction in the use of synthetic surfactants with power from...
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, in collaboration with Kaneka Corporation, have discovered that a cyclic peptide (surfactin) produced from Bacillus...
View ArticleThree-dimensional microtechnology with origami folding art
Antoine Legrain, doctoral degree candidate at the University of Twente, has developed a method to design microtechnology in three dimensions. The existing mini-electronics in computers and smartphones,...
View ArticleDecorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the...
VTT Technical Centre of Finland has developed and utilized a mass production method based on printing technologies allowing the manufacturing of decorative, organic solar panels. Design freedom...
View ArticlePlastic parts for internal combustion engines
Efforts to produce lighter vehicles necessarily include engine parts, such as the cylinder casing, which could shed up to 20 percent of its weight if it were made of fiber-reinforced plastic rather...
View ArticleWater pathways make fuel cells more efficient
Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have developed a coating technique in the laboratory that could raise the efficiency of fuel cells. The PSI scientists have already applied to patent...
View ArticleWearable electronic health patches may now be cheaper and easier to make
A team of researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a method for producing inexpensive and high-performing wearable patches that can...
View ArticleNanotech tools open market for more miniature electronics
In order to develop ultra-miniaturised electronic components, ultra-miniaturised capacitors are required. The two-year EU-funded PICS project has developed tools that could soon lead to the mass...
View ArticleNew method for producing tiny cracks in electrodes may mean big boost for...
The next generation of electronics, as well as ultra-sensitive medical diagnostics, could depend on near atomic-scale cracks—or nanogaps—in electrodes. Now, researchers at Sweden's KTH Royal Institute...
View ArticleSensitive and selective detection of carbon nanotubes via photoluminescence
Using photoluminescent probes, researchers have devised a sensitive and selective way of detecting carbon nanotubes. Innovations in energy and electronics, together with traditional reinforcement...
View ArticlePanasonic commercializes polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) molding compounds...
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) molding compounds for laser welding in March, 2016, a move that will contribute to the...
View ArticleHow the great phosphorus shortage could leave us short of food
You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. You probably know drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that we're living through a mass extinction.
View ArticleThe success of Tesla's Model 3 goes far beyond its affordability
Tesla Motors has already established its electric cars as fast, well-sized and capable of competing with petrol cars in how far they can go without needing a recharge. Now, the US firm run by Elon Musk...
View ArticleClothing made from tea byproduct could improve health of fashion industry
Rows of shallow plastic bins cover nearly every available space inside one of the textile and clothing labs in LeBaron Hall. The lab is really more of a "greenhouse," but it is far different from the...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing the transformation of mass spectrometry big data into...
In a landmark paper published in the August issue of Nature Biotechnology, 127 scientists from a consortium of universities and research labs in the U.S. and worldwide report for the first time on the...
View ArticleFor 20 million years, the diversity of large terrestrial mammals depended on...
For more than 20 million years, the ups and downs of diversity in terrestrial large mammals were determined by primary production, i.e. net production of plant biomass. This pattern changed with the...
View ArticleSpecies-rich food webs produce biomass more efficiently
Researchers at the Senckenberg have discovered a feedback in complex food webs: Species-rich ecosystems favor large, heavy animals. Even though this increases the amount of plants consumed, the plant...
View ArticleHarnessing algae for the creation of clean energy
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have revealed how microalgae produce hydrogen, a clean fuel of the future, and suggest a possible mechanism to jumpstart mass production of this...
View ArticleFirst mass production of system-on-chip with 10-nanometer finFET technology
Samsung Electronics today announced that it has commenced mass production of System-on-Chip (SoC) products with 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET technology for which would make it first in the industry.
View ArticleTesla starts mass production of batteries
Tesla Motors announced Wednesday that it has begun mass production of energy-saving batteries that it vows will take electric cars mainstream.
View ArticlePhysicists solve decades-old scientific mystery of negative differential...
With a storied history that includes more than a half-century of research, a Nobel Prize, and multiple attempts at practical applications, the story of negative differential resistance—or NDR—reads...
View ArticleResearchers build carbon nanotube transistors that outperform those made with...
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Peking University has built a carbon nanotube-based working transistor and report that it outperformed larger transistors made with silicon. In their paper published...
View ArticleResearchers find new date for the first mass production of timepieces
New research brings the commonly accepted date for the birth of mass production of watches forwards by nearly 100 years, and, will change the way many people view the watch industry as it stands today.
View Article'Space fabric' links fashion and engineering
Raul Polit-Casillas grew up around fabrics. His mother is a fashion designer in Spain, and, at a young age, he was intrigued by how materials are used for design.
View ArticleA marker-free system for tracing mass components
Highly interconnected manufacturing chains, cost issues and technical feasibility make it difficult to trace individual components in mass production. Efficient "track & trace" solutions are,...
View ArticleCompanion robots featured at Shanghai electronics show
More than 50 companies are showcasing a new generation of robots at this week's Shanghai CES electronics show, built to serve as companions at home, attendants at shopping malls or just provide...
View ArticleToward additive manufacturing
Automation, robotics, advanced computer-aided design, sensing and diagnostic technologies have revolutionized the modern factory, allowing the building of complex products, from microchips to cars and...
View ArticleScientists determine algae biofuel composition
Scientists have used high-resolution mass spectrometry to determine the composition of a biofuel obtained from the microalgae Spirulina platensis. The researchers studied two biofuel fractions obtained...
View ArticleImproving earthquake resistance with a single crystal
A new heating method for certain metals could lead to improved earthquake-resistant construction materials.
View ArticleATLAS experiment studies fragments of the top quark
Top quarks in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) proton-proton collisions are predominantly produced in pairs, with one top quark and one top antiquark. In order to measure the production rates of top...
View ArticleAtomic blasting creates new devices to measure nanoparticles
Like sandblasting at the nanometer scale, focused beams of ions ablate hard materials to form intricate three-dimensional patterns. The beams can create tiny features in the lateral dimensions—length...
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