Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed battery that is flexible, stretchable and rechargeable. The zinc...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and Wisconsin Energy Institute believe reorganizing the electrical grid to include “microgrids” would...
Solar cells and photodetectors could soon be made from new types of materials based on semiconductor quantum dots, thanks to new insights...
The morning of Monday, August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the sun will occur and is expected to have a dramatic...
Who hasn't lived through the frustrating experience of being without a phone after forgetting to recharge it? This could one day be...
In 2016 the semiconductor industry spent about $7.2 billion worldwide on wafers that serve as the substrates for microelectronics components, which can...
A new reconfigurable device that emits patterns of thermal infrared light in a fully controllable manner could one day make it possible...
Nichicon, Osaka University and RIKEN collaborated on a project sponsored by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) using next-generation...
The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) will collaborate with research entities, universities and companies on materials science research, investing approximately $35 million over...
Cubic silicon carbide is expected to be an ideal material for the power electronics of, for example, the electric motors used in...
Kanazawa University and Hitachi, Ltd. announced the joint-development of a compact sensor capable of identifying the source of electromagnetic interference that causes...
Researchers at Caltech and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have—in just two years—nearly doubled the number of materials known to have...
In the last couple of years, a team of researchers at DTU Electrical Engineering have worked to develop the world’s smallest power...
A battery made with urea, commonly found in fertilizers and mammal urine, could provide a low-cost way of storing energy produced through...
Wireless sensors on the Internet of Things (IoT) will have to operate at very low powers, in order to extend battery life...