Innovations

Solar cells powered Wearables works in water also

Organic solar cells that are waterproof and stretchable could someday be sewn into washable electronic clothing. Researchers in Japan describe fabricating and testing several of these...

Water-Based Lithium-ion Batteries Without Explosive Risks

Researchers have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark...

With Nanodiamonds Lithium-Ion Batteries provides 10x more energy

Microscopic diamonds added to lithium-based batteries could help prevent the fires and explosions that can bedevil the energy storage devices, a new study finds....

Nanoscale optical quantum memory developed with intact properties

Quantum memory stores information in a similar fashion to the way traditional computer memory does, but on individual quantum particles - in this case,...

Eco-friendly Disposable Personal Electronics and Biomedical Devices in the Offing

Scientists have developed a new electronic device that can be triggered to dissolve through exposure to water molecules in the atmosphere. The advance may...

Improving energy efficiency with newly-discovered semiconductor dynamics

Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors have uncovered another reason these materials seem to lose their ability to carry a charge as...

Superconductivity Research Reveals Potential New State of Matter

A potential new state of matter is being reported with research showing that among superconducting materials in high magnetic fields, the phenomenon of electronic...

A new path to non-toxic solid batteries

Researchers have identified new solid materials that could lead to the manufacture of non-toxic lithium-ion batteries, according to a study recently published in the...

Now Sweat Will Provide Energy to Power Wearable Devices

A team of engineers has developed stretchable fuel cells that extract energy from sweat and are capable of powering electronics, such as LEDs and...

Drones Relay RFID Signals for Inventory Control

Radio frequency ID tags were supposed to revolutionize supply chain management. The dirt-cheap, battery-free tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and then broadcast...

Nanotechnology based Twistron yarn for harvesting energy

Batteries, a source of storing power but what if we can harvest the energy by stretching the yarn and create electricity. Researchers have described...

Target neuron can be monitored with Robotic system

Recording electrical signals from inside a neuron in the living brain can reveal a great deal of information about that neuron's function and how...

Here is How Pure Graphene Can Be Now Manufactured Cheaply

Synthesizing Pure Graphene Researchers have been singing the praises of graphene ever since it was first isolated from graphite back in 2004. That’s not terribly surprising given...

Nanodiamonds to Prevent Dendrite Formation in Lithium Batteries

By  Peggy Lee Nanodiamonds can curtail the electrochemical deposition – called plating – that can lead to hazardous short-circuiting of lithium ion batteries, say researchers...

Electronic Structure of Graphene Manipulated for Transistor Applications

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory were able to successfully manipulate the electronic structure of graphene, which may enable the fabrication...

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