Science

Cheap, strong lithium-ion battery developed at USC: New design uses silicon nanoparticles to improve capacity and recharge more quickly

The new batteries—which could be used in anything from cell phones to hybrid cars—hold three times as much energy as comparable graphite-based designs and recharge within 10 minutes. The design, currently under a provisional patent, could be...

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NASA Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East

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Boston College researchers' unique nanostructure produces novel 'plasmonic halos': Nanoscopic microcavities offer newfound control in light filtering

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Boston College researchers have constructed a unique nanostructure that exploits microcavity features to filter visible light into "...

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The world’s first smartphone in Space ‘STRaND-1’ ready for launch

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NASA'S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies

NASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space, an objective that will help inform the development of robotic technology to refuel satellites. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was performed during the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) aboard...

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Earth-like Planets Are Right Next Door

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This artist’s conception shows a hypothetical habitable planet with two moons orbiting a red dwarf star. Astronomers have found...

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The Wings of the Seagull Nebula

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This new image from ESO shows a section of a cloud of dust and glowing gas called the Seagull Nebula. These wispy red clouds form...

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Quantum Dots Assemble Themselves: Surprising breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics, solar cell efficiency

Quantum dots are tiny crystals of semiconductor a few billionths of a meter in diameter. At that size they exhibit beneficial behaviors of quantum physics such as forming electron-hole pairs and harvesting excess energy.

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