How Doped Nanomaterials Could Cut Fuel Cell Costs
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons could be effective, less costly replacements for expensive platinum in fuel cells, according…
A forward Look at Graphene from Nanoplate to Single Crystal
There is an astonishing amount of work being done on graphene around the world. Nearly twenty five thousand scientific papers…
Potentially life-saving health monitor technology designed by Sussex University physicists
Sick babies in remote parts of the world could be monitored from afar thanks to new wearable technology designed by…
Beyond lithium – the search for a better battery
As the world’s power needs grow, the search is on for better battery technology — not just to keep smartphones…
Graphene: A matter of quality
Last year saw the world’s first ISO standard for graphene being published which defines the terminology used to describe the…
Manchester scientists develop graphene sensors that could revolutionise the Internet of Things
Researchers at The University of Manchester have devised graphene sensors embedded into RFIDs, which have the potential to revolutionise the…
Scientists develop ultrafast battery with quarter-million cycle life
Aluminum-ion batteries (AIB) have significant merits of low cost, non-flammability, and high-capacity metallic aluminum anodes based on three-electron redox properties.…
Graphene filters change the economics of clean water
New approaches to filtration and extracting moisture from air promise to alleviate the world’s looming water scarcity crisis. Filtration is being…
Graphene to potentially replace platinum for cheaper fuel cells
Researchers from Rice University have discovered that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons could potentially replace platinum, one of…
Super-strong cell-size origami robots are coming
A team of physicists from Cornell University in the US has developed electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing robots the size of a…