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Haydale Wins Major Research Grants
Haydale has announced that it has recently been awarded a number of research grants, totalling over £450,000. The projects relating to each grant are expected to run for a period of between 18 to 24 months.
How to make large 2D sheets of graphene
Sheets of graphene and other materials that are virtually two-dimensional hold great promise for electronic, optical, and other high-tech applications. But the biggest limitation in unleashing this potential has been figuring out how to make these materials in the form of anything larger than tiny flakes. Now researchers at MIT and elsewhere may have found a way to do so.
3D-printed microfish deliver drugs & remove toxins
Using an innovative 3D printing technology they previously developed, nanoengineers from UC San Diego have manufactured multipurpose fish-shaped microrobots - called microfish - that swim around efficiently in liquids, are chemically powered by hydrogen peroxide and magnetically controlled. According to the researchers, these proof-of-concept synthetic microfish will inspire a new generation of 'smart' microrobots that have diverse capabilities s...
Perovskite PV efficiency excitement
Perovskite PV efficiency gains are double those of organic PV, exciting researchers from KIMM in Korea to Dyesol in Australia. However, it can be like the little girl in the nursery rhyme: 'When she was good she was very, very good and when she was bad she was awful'. Perovoskite PV promises over 20% efficiency, low cost materials and even flexible, transparent and stretchable versions needed for new applications. Record power to weight ratio is ...
BTU discuss furnaces for precision temperature at Heat Treat
BTU International has announced that it will exhibit at HeatTreat2015, ASM’s Heat Treating Society Conference & Exhibition, scheduled to take place 21st - 22nd October, 2015, at the Cobo Convention Center in Detroit, MI, USA. BTU will highlight its controlled atmosphere furnaces in Booth 449.
Green storage for green energy grows cleaner
A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a rechargeable battery that could make storing electricity from intermittently available energy sources (e.g., sun and wind) safe and cost-effective for both residential and commercial use. The research builds on earlier work by members of the same team that could enable cheaper and more reliable electricity storage at the grid level.
Fuel cell technology provides range extension for battery EV
A zero-emissions solution to making battery electric vehicles more user-friendly will be the centrepiece of energy technology group, Intelligent Energy’s presence at the 2015 Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) event, which takes place at Millbrook, UK, from 9th to 10th September.
First ever dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel conversion of refuse trucks
ULEMCo is on target to complete the dual fuel conversions of the Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) and associated vans, under the recently announced Levenmouth Community Energy Project. The RCV conversions, which are believed to be the first of their type in the world, will be used by Fife Council as key partners in the project, to perform normal refuse collection duties, and extend the practical use of hydrogen as an alternative transport fuel.
Drop of water self-heals a bioplastic
A drop of water self-heals a multiphase polymer derived from the genetic code of squid ring teeth, which may someday extend the life of medical implants, fiber-optic cables and other hard to repair-in-place objects, according to an international team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University.
Biodiesel made easy with waste-recycling catalyst
Researchers from the Cardiff Catalysis Institute have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.