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Back in 2017 we caught wind of an interesting energy system from researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology designed to store solar energy in liquid form. By hooking it up to an ultra-thin thermoelectric generator, the team has now demon… Continue reading Liquid system stores solar energy for years and releases it on demand
The processing of foods typically generates a lot of wastewater, which has to be cleaned up before being released back into local waterways. According to new research, however, that water could first be put to use as a very effective fertilizer for far… Continue reading Food processing wastewater may find use as farmed seaweed fertilizer
Five years ago, scientists digging through soil and sludge around a plastics recycling center in Japan discovered a bacterium that was feeding on the popular packaging material PET as an energy source, with help from a pair of purposely evolved enzymes… Continue reading Microbes across the land and ocean are evolving to degrade plastic
Although solar-powered devices are now fairly common, Swedish scientists have created something a little different. They’ve built tiny “metavehicles” that are mechanically propelled and guided via waves of light.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: L… Continue reading Microscopic metavehicles are pushed and steered by light
Whether it’s forming special foams that act as thermal switches, mixing with ceramics to form ultra-tough electrolytes or being used to cage delicate silicon particles, graphene is already shaping the future of battery technology in some interesting wa… Continue reading Two-faced graphene offers sodium-ion battery a tenfold boost in capacity
From building facades in San Diego to road signs in Australia, we are starting to see electronic paper make its way beyond the pages of Kindles and into the world in some very interesting ways. Working to widen the applications for this promising techn… Continue reading Low-energy e-paper goes inverted for a full array of brilliant colors
One of the more interesting areas of battery research centers on how these devices can not just store energy, but also double as structural components. We’ve seen some impressive examples of this that could be worked into electric vehicles, and now sci… Continue reading Novel concrete battery could let buildings store their own energy
It’s no secret that the more we use antibiotics, the greater the chances that bacteria will develop a resistance to them. A new antibacterial wound dressing is designed to get around that problem, by using proteins instead of conventional antibiotics.C… Continue reading Hydrogel wound dressing uses immune system proteins to kill bacteria
From electric planes that can only fly for so long to electric cars that need to pull over for a recharge every few hundred miles, heavy, bulky batteries are a huge, limiting factor in how far these types of vehicles can travel. Scientists at Chalmers … Continue reading “Massless” carbon fiber battery doubles as a structural component
Thanks to advances in materials and electronics, we are starting to see how our clothing might one day do more than keep us warm or protect us from the elements. Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have offered a compelling new example of w… Continue reading Conductive cellulose threads form fabrics that produce electricity