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Using Rust and Water to Store Solar Energy as Hydrogen
November 11, 2012 — How can solar energy be stored so that it can be available any time, day or night, when the sun shining or not? Scientists are developing a technology that can transform light energy into a clean ... > full story -
Nanocrystals and Nickel Catalyst Substantially Improve Light-Based Hydrogen Production
November 8, 2012 — Hydrogen is an attractive fuel source because it can easily be converted into electric energy and gives off no greenhouse emissions. Chemists are now adding to its appeal by increasing the output and ... > full story -
Nanoparticles: When Less Is More in Predicting Performance
November 8, 2012 — A computational approach that makes processor-intensive first-principle calculations more manageable is now available to predict the structure of nano-alloy ... > full story -
Semiconductor Devices: Under Mounting Stress
November 8, 2012 — The recently developed ability to measure physical changes in silicon when processed into microelectronic devices could improve fabrication techniques for even smaller ... > full story -
Stretchy Electronics Moves Closer: Wearable Sensing Technology
November 8, 2012 — Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a new technology that allows electronics to drape around our body comfortably. The researchers have engineered a new fabric that can conduct electricity, ... > full story -
Meet Xenoceratops: Canada's Newest Horned Dinosaur
November 8, 2012 — Scientists have named a new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) from Alberta, Canada. Xenoceratops foremostensis was identified from fossils originally collected in 1958. Approximately 20 feet ... > full story -
Quantum Kisses Change the Color of Nothing: New Ways to Measure the World at the Scale of Single Atoms and Molecules
November 7, 2012 — Even empty gaps have a color. Now scientists have shown that quantum jumps of electrons can change the color of gaps between nano-sized balls of gold. The new results set a fundamental quantum limit ... > full story -
Looking Through an Opaque Material: Sharp Pictures Taken of Objects Hidden Behind an Opaque Screen
November 7, 2012 — A team of researchers from the Netherlands and Italy has succeeded in making sharp pictures of objects hidden behind an opaque ... > full story -
How Butterfly Wings Can Inspire New High-Tech Surfaces
November 7, 2012 — Researchers here have taken a new look at butterfly wings and rice leaves, and learned things about their microscopic texture that could improve a variety of ... > full story -
New Strategy for Fingerprint Visualization Developed
November 6, 2012 — Identifying fingerprints on paper is a commonly used method in police forensic work, but unfortunately it is not easy to make those fingerprints visible. Now, scientists have developed a new approach ... > full story
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