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UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials

09.03.2018 | UCLA | www.ucla.edu

A research team led by UCLA scientists and engineers has developed a method to make new kinds of artificial “superlattices” — materials comprised of alternating layers of ultra-thin “two-dimensional”…

UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials

Lithium-related discovery could extend battery life and improve safety

07.03.2018 | Tech Xplore | techxplore.com

Lithium-metal batteries are among the most promising candidates for high-density energy storage technology in an expanding range of digital “smart” devices and electrical vehicles, but uncontrolled…

Lithium-related discovery could extend battery life and improve safety

Graphene material strengthens nerve signaling in the brain

05.03.2018 | Vanderbil University | news.vanderbilt.edu

Less than 20 years after it was developed, a thin, resilient sheet of carbon atoms with remarkable properties known as graphene is transforming biomedical fields as far flung as tissue engineering,…

Graphene material strengthens nerve signaling in the brain

Tech Data Strengthens IoT Offering in Europe with IQRF Partnership

05.03.2018 | IQRF Alliance | www.iqrfalliance.org

Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with the IQRF Alliance. Tech Data is the first IT distributor to join the alliance, which comprises a group of…

Tech Data Strengthens IoT Offering in Europe with IQRF Partnership

Aqueous Storage Device Needs Only 20 Seconds to Go

02.03.2018 | KAIST | www.kaist.edu

A KAIST research team developed a new hybrid energy storage device that can be charged in less than half a minute. It employs aqueous electrolytes instead of flammable organic solvents, so it is both…

Aqueous Storage Device Needs Only 20 Seconds to Go

Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle

28.02.2018 | SEAS | www.seas.harvard.edu

Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens, that is essentially a flat, electronically…

Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle

Lighthouse’s 3D sensing, AI-powered camera is now available

26.02.2018 | Techcrunch | www.techcrunch.com

What happens if you take a home security camera, throw it out, and head back to the drawing board with engineers from the world of self-driving cars behind the wheel?

Lighthouse’s 3D sensing, AI-powered camera is now available

Nissan starts testing semi-autonomous rides

23.02.2018 | Wheels 24 | www.wheels24.co.za

Starting next month, Nissan will be testing on regular roads what it calls “a robo-vehicle mobility service.” The service is Called Easy Ride. It uses a cell-phone app to book semi-autonomous driven…

Nissan starts testing semi-autonomous rides

Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room

21.02.2018 | University of Washington | www.washington.edu

Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them in to an outlet. But…

Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room

Hanergy Breaks World Record for GaAs Solar Production Modules

19.02.2018 | PR Newswire | www.prnewswire.com

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Limited today announced that Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules, a German solar energy testing laboratory, has rated its US-based subsidiary Alta Devices' newest solar…

Hanergy Breaks World Record for GaAs Solar Production Modules

Physicists create new form of light

16.02.2018 | MIT | news.mit.edu

Try a quick experiment: Take two flashlights into a dark room and shine them so that their light beams cross. Notice anything peculiar? The rather anticlimactic answer is, probably not. That’s…

New lead-free perovskite material for solar cells

14.02.2018 | Brown University | news.brown.edu

A class of materials called perovskites has emerged as a promising alternative to silicon for making inexpensive and efficient solar cells. But for all their promise, perovskites are not without…

New lead-free perovskite material for solar cells

New Process Allows 3-D Printing of Nanoscale Metal Structures

13.02.2018 | Caltech | www.caltech.edu

For the first time, it is possible to create complex nanoscale metal structures using 3-D printing, thanks to a new technique developed at Caltech.

New Process Allows 3-D Printing of Nanoscale Metal Structures

Efficient and sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water

12.02.2018 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

With two billion people worldwide lacking access to clean and safe drinking water, joint research by Monash University, CSIRO and the University of Texas at Austin published today in Sciences…