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Mist-collecting plants may ‘bioinspire’ technology to help alleviate global water shortages

WASHINGTON D.C., March 30, 2015 – Plants living in arid, mountainous and humid regions of the planet often rely on their leaves to obtain the moisture they […]

Can Perovskites and Silicon Team Up to Boost Industrial Solar Cell Efficiencies?

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2015 – Silicon solar cells dominate 90 percent of the global photovoltaic market today, yet the record power conversion efficiency of silicon photovoltaics […]

“Goldilocks Material” Could change Spintronics

WASHINGTON D.C., March 24, 2015 – Attempting to develop a novel type of permanent magnet, a team of researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland has discovered […]

Squeeze to Remove Heat: Elastocaloric Materials Enable More Efficient, ‘Green’ Cooling

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2015 — Move over, vapor compression cooling technology. Emerging “elastocaloric” refrigeration is potentially much more efficient and, unlike vapor compression, relies on environmentally-friendly […]

How Rocket Science May Improve Kidney Dialysis

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2015 — A team of researchers in the United Kingdom has found a way to redesign an artificial connection between an artery and […]

Winter Hack: Textured Rubber that Grips Slick, Icy Surfaces

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2015 – Winter storms dumped records amounts of snow on the East Coast and other regions of the country this February, leaving treacherous, […]

High performance, Lightweight Supercapacitor Electrodes of the Future

Washington, D.C., March 10, 2015 — As a novel energy storage device, supercapacitors have attracted substantial attention in recent years due to their ultra-high charge and discharge […]

Researchers Synthesize New Thin-Film Material for Use in Fuel Cells

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2015 — Researchers from Cornell University have synthesized a new thin-film catalyst for use in fuel cells. In a paper published March 10 […]

Predicting the Extent of Flash Flooding

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2015 — Devastating floodwaters such as those experienced during Iowa’s Flood of 2008 — which swamped many Iowa communities, along with ten square […]