Russia has built a large lithium-ion battery plant
Russia has done something green when it decided to have some interesting CNG Hybrid vehicles.
The largest lithium-ion battery plant has opened up near Novosibirsk,...
The concept of an optical invisibility cloak to sound waves
Progress of metamaterials in nanotechnologies has made the invisibility cloak, a subject of mythology and science fiction, become reality: Light waves can be guided...
Melbourne future modern tram
Melbourne’s tram is as famous as Sydney’s Opera House. Like other trams in many place of the world such as Vienna, Budapest or Amsterdam,...
Making molecular hydrogen more efficiently
When it comes to the industrial production of chemicals, often the most indispensable element is one that you can't see, smell, or even taste....
Nanocrystals can be charged more rapidly than batteries
Researchers have discovered a universal technique for stripping nanocrystals of tether-like molecules that until now have posed as obstacles for their integration into devices.
These...
Harnessing Hotspots
Electronic devices often develop ‘hot spots’ that can become detrimental to performance. Much research has focused on developing methods to cool the system, or,...
Standford researchers developed an ultrafast nanoscale light emitting diode 2,000 times energy efficient
A group of young research students at School of Engineering from Standford has developed an ultrafast nanoscale light-emitting diode (LED) that is able to...
Living Cell Signals Recorded with Grapheme Transistor Array
The graphene based transistor array and its layer of biological cells that it covers it is now showed due to a combination of optical...
Low carbon future for cities
Investing 2% of a modern city’s GDP in low carbon and energy efficient opportunities for ten years would reduce that city’s carbon emission levels...
Converting the kinetic energy from wing movements of the insect into electricity
Professor Khalil Najafi, the chair of electrical and computer engineering, and doctoral student Erkan Aktakka are finding ways to harvest energy from insects, and...