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University of Washington engineers have designed a concept for a fusion reactor that, when scaled up to the size of a large electrical power plant, would rival costs for a new coal-fired plant with similar electrical output.
Read more about UW Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal
Researchers report that they’ve succeeded in combining a battery and a solar cell into one hybrid device.
Read more about Batteries Included: A Solar Cell that Stores its Own Power
Understanding how reconnection transforms magnetic energy into explosive particle energy has been a major unsolved problem in plasma astrophysics.
Read more about PPPL Scientists Take Key Step Toward Solving a Major Astrophysical Mystery
Rice University theorists determine factors that give tubes their chiral angles.
Read more about Scientists Refine Formula for Nanotube Types
Work could inform research that leads to longer-lasting batteries or higher-capacity memory devices.
Read more about Stanford Engineers Help Describe Key Mechanism in Energy and Information Storage
Rice, Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt, and Penn St. scientists lead creation of atom-scale semiconducting composites.
Read more about ‘Pixel’ Engineered Electronics Have Growth Potential
Researchers at Purdue University studied the atomic structure of, and electrical interactions within, the cytochrome bf complex, a protein complex central to the transport of electrons within membranes of a plant cell, a critical step in photosynthesis.
Read more about Fat Molecules Influence Form and Function of Key Photosynthesis Protein
An emerging class of electrically conductive plastics called "radical polymers” may bring low-cost, transparent solar cells, flexible and lightweight batteries, and ultrathin antistatic coatings for consumer electronics and aircraft.
Read more about Electrically Conductive Plastics Promising for Batteries, Solar Cells
A University of Utah-led study using X-rays and neutron beams has revealed the inner workings of a master switch that regulates basic cellular functions, but that also, when mutated, contributes to cancer, cardiovascular disease and other deadly disorders.
Read more about Researchers Look Inside to Reveal Workings of Powerful Biochemical Switch
Scientists from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis have shown a new way to reverse or eliminate energy loss by, ironically, adding loss to a laser system to actually reap energy gains.
Read more about Winning By Losing: School of Engineering Scientists Find a Way to Improve Laser Performance
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have created a cellular probe that combines a tarantula toxin with a fluorescent compound to help scientists observe electrical activity in neurons and other cells.
Read more about Tarantula Venom Illuminates Electrical Activity in Live Cells
In a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells, University of Michigan engineers have made rounded crystals that have no facets.
Read more about Facetless Crystals That Mimic Starfish Shells Could Advance 3D-printing Pills
