NREL technique leads to improved perovskite solar cells
The research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, involved hybrid halide perovskite solar cells and revealed treating them with a specific solution of methyl ammonium bromide (MABr) would repair defects, improving efficiency....
Cement design should take into account the water confined in the smallest pores: A researcher at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is participating in the study of the stresses of confined water in the micropores of cement at extreme temperatur
These variations in humidity and temperature are translated into physical processes involving evaporation or freezing of the water contained in the cement paste, which often cause stresses and even micro-cracking inside the cement. Characterizing the...
Prototype chip could help make quantum computing practical: Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits
Researchers from MIT and MIT Lincoln Laboratory report an important step toward practical quantum computers, with a paper describing a...
Lithium-ion batteries: Capacity might be increased by 6 times
Lithium ions migrate through the electrolyte (yellow) into the layer of crystalline silicon (c-Si). During the charging cycle, a 20-nm...
Nothing -- and something -- give concrete strength, toughness: Rice University scientists show how voids, particles sap energy from cracks
Rice University researchers used computer models of concrete's inner matrix to show how tiny holes filled with portlandite (blue) impart...
Scientists discover light could exist in a previously unknown form
Artistic image of light trapped on the surface of a nanoparticle topological insulator.
NASA Charges Toward Greener Aviation With Novel Concepts
NASA Charges Toward Greener Aviation With Novel Concepts.
Gentle cancer treatment using nanoparticles works
The images show PET scans of a mouse with a large tumor (by the white arrow). The tumor is treated with nanoparticles, which are injected...
