Berkeley Lab doctoral student Fumika Isono (center), BELLA Center Deputy Director Jeroen van Tilborg (right), and research scientist Sam Barber set up a novel laser…
View More Optical Innovation Key to Unprecedented Accuracy in Beam Control of High-Power Lasers
Professor Joshua Reiss from Queen Mary’s School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science has written for The Conversation on the audio history of the Olympics…
View More Olympic Sound Design: 3,600 Microphones and Counting
The tiny specs of matter called quantum dots can be tuned to emit light in specific wavelengths. That’s just one quality that makes them valuable…
View More Decades of Research Brings Quantum Dots to Brink of Widespread Use in a Range of Technology Applications
Oskar Aszmann (MedUni Wien), Rickard Branemark (MIT Media Lab USA & Schweden), Sarah Hochgeschurz (VetmedUni Wien), Flavia Restitutti und Attillio Rocchi (beide Dept. Anästhesie der…
View More The First “Bionic Bird” – New Foot for “Mia” the Bearded Vulture
The “Founding Father” of lithium-ion batteries used SNS neutrons to confirm coating cathode material (blue) with lithium-free niobium oxide (light green) greatly reduced first-cycle capacity…
View More “Founding Father” of Lithium-Ion Batteries Helps Solve Persistent 40-Year Problem With His Invention
Purified tin selenide has extraordinarily high thermoelectric performance. Perseverance, Mars rover, is powered by something very desirable here on Earth: a thermoelectric device, which converts…
View More Extraordinary New Material Converts Waste Heat Into Energy
Determining photovoltaic cells’ performance under artificial lighting. Credit: Hamadani Better methods for assessing solar cells under indoor ambient lighting can help improve their design. As…
View More Measuring Photovoltaic Performance Indoors – Under Artificial Ambient Light
Researchers have developed sphere-based triboelectric nanogenerators that can be incorporated directly into navigational buoys to provide electricity from ocean waves. Credit: Cátia Rodrigues Traditional power…
View More Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Harvesting Energy From Ocean Waves
Indoor photovoltaics for battery-powered sensors. Credit: Shore and Hamadani Self-harvesting energy from indoor environments proves effective for charging batteries. As more of our devices require…
View More Self-Harvesting Energy To Power Rechargeable Devices, Sensors
Neutron scattering was used to study a disordered rock salt that could be used to make safer, faster-charging battery anodes. Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman One of…
View More A Cousin of Table Salt Could Make Rechargeable Batteries Faster and Safer