Materials
New solar power material converts 90% of captured light into heat
03 Nov 2014
One of the technology’s attractions is that it can be used to retrofit existing power plants that use coal or fossil fuels because it uses the same process to generate electricity from steam
Atom-width Graphene sensors could provide unprecedented insights into brain structure and function
27 Oct 2014
Solid nanoparticles can deform like a liquid
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 20 Oct 2014
Stanford scientists create a 'smart' lithium-ion battery that warns of potential fire hazards
16 Oct 2014
Rediscovered ceramic has potential in hypersonic flight
16 Oct 2014
Researchers in the UK and around the world are currently working on prototype technologies that could enable new types of aircraft to travel at hypersonic speeds - five times faster than the speed of sound
Unconventional photoconduction in an atomically thin semiconductor
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 13 Oct 2014
Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 06 Oct 2014
Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices
A solar cell that stores its own power
04 Oct 2014
Researchers have invented a solar battery -- a combination solar cell and battery -- which recharges itself using air and light, using a special process for transferring electrons between the solar panel and the battery electrode
Making cement stronger, “greener”
By By David L Chandler | MIT News Office | 01 Oct 2014
Analysis of materials' molecular structure leads to a new formula that could cut greenhouse-gas emissions
Gel-like padding to help cells survive injection, heal spinal cord injuries being developed
25 Sep 2014
Rediscovered ceramic has potential in hypersonic flight
13 Sep 2014
A structural ceramic that can withstand temperatures three times hotter than lava shows promise in hypersonic air travel, say researchers
Ceramics don't have to be brittle
12 Sep 2014
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