Now 75% completed, ITER under construction in southern France is a collaboration of 35 partner countries: the European Union (plus the United Kingdom and Switzerland),…
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An illustration of the graphene-based COVID-19 spike protein detection process developed at UIC. The white rectangle represents the substrate with graphene functionalized with SARS-CoV-2 antibody…
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Conceptual rendering of an ultrathin, electrically tunable metalens developed by Cornell and Samsung engineers. Credit: Daniil Shilkin Researchers from Cornell’s School of Applied and Engineering Physics and…
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Schematic inner workings of the electrodes in a fuel cell, and the importance of key parameters. Credit:Heinz et al., 2021 Widespread adoption of hydrogen-powered vehicles…
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Jet packs, robot maids, and flying cars were all promises for the 21st century. We got mechanized, autonomous vacuum cleaners instead. Now a team of…
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Metallic microrobots (dark blue dots) colonize a jagged piece of microplastic under visible light, breaking down the plastic into smaller molecules. Credit: Adapted from ACS…
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Visualization of a lithium-rich cathode. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and Northeastern University Batteries have come a long way since Volta first stacked copper and zinc…
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How a pair of MIT Sloan Executive Education alumni translated teachings from an MIT course to operations improvements at Heineken México. It’s no secret that…
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Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the Cambridge…
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Snapshot from MD simulation of graphene on liquid Cu. Credit: Santiago Cingolani. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich have been using GCS HPC resources…
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