Mobile phone speakers and motion detectors in cars and video games may soon be powered by electricity generated from low cost and sustainable biomaterials, according to research carried out at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. Scientists at UL's Bernal Institute have discovered that the biomolecule glycine, when tapped or squeezed, can generate enough electricity to power electrical devices in an economically viable and environmentally s...

How do you take your coffee? With over 55 million cups drunk each day in the UK, it comes as no surprise that mathematicians have begun to investigate just how to create the ‘perfect’ cup. While past research has investigated the maths behind coffee extraction, a study published in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics shifts the focus to drip filter machines.