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Engineers develop new materials for hydrogen storage

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently.

X-ray detector on plastic delivers medical imaging performance

Researchers from Holst Centre and imec have demonstrated the first ever X-ray detector produced on a plastic substrate that is capable of medical-grade performance.

Environmentally compatible organic solar cells

Environmentally compatible production methods for organic solar cells from novel materials are in the focus of "MatHero".

Thin-film PV world record with 20.9% CIS cell

Solar Frontier, in joint research with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), has achieved 20.9% conversion efficiency on a 0.5cm2 CIS cell.

Going beyond batteries for space exploration

NASA is seeking proposals for the development of new, more capable, energy storage technologies to replace the battery technology that has long powered America's space program.

Smart car meets smart charger at UC San Diego

Known as the Intelligent Charging Project, the California Energy Commission-funded endeavor brings together smart fortwo electric drives from Daimler, electric vehicle charging stations supplied by RWE - Germany's second largest utility - and the University of California, San Diego as the demonstration site.

2nd annual Canadian Printed Electronics Symposium

The National Research Council (NRC), CMC Microsystems and the Printability and Graphic Communications Institute (ICI) have joined forces again this year to lead the 2nd annual Canadian Printed Electronics Symposium.

New tech could lead to night vision contact lenses

An ultrathin light detector that can sense wavelengths our eyes can't see has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens, its University of Michigan developers say.

Financing for invisible energy harvesting coatings

The financing will enable Ubiquitous Energy to expand its technology development team, establish a full-scale prototyping facility, and execute on joint development with its first commercial partners.

The automotive sector strengthens adoption of supercapacitors

Overall, 2014 is expected to be a great year for the supercapacitor industry. Based on 2013 industry results, IDTechEx confirms its outlook for a 30% CAGR External Link in the next 10 years. The supercapacitor market will reach a value of $6 billion in 2024.

US Navy sends Bluefin Robotics' AUV in search of Malaysian airliner

The team looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet in the Indian Ocean has used Bluefin Robotics' autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to use sonar beams to create high resolution 3D images of the seabed some 4500 metres down.

Canatu to launch CNB™ Flex Film

Canatu has developed a unique, bendable transparent conductive film optimised specifically for wearable, electronic touch screen devices and next generation foldable smart phones and tablets.

Smartphone battery fully charges in thirty seconds

A ground-breaking battery capable of charging smartphones and other devices in just 30 seconds.

Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells

A house window that doubles as a solar panel could be on the horizon, thanks to recent quantum-dot work.

Conductive Inks: booming to $2.8 billion by 2024

The conductive ink and paste business is a large market that will generate $1.6 billion in 2014 in revenue at the ink/paste level.

Danish company produces high-tech lightweight-chassis

The start-up ECOmove has developed a technology making it possible to manufacture an ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre-chassis, without using special equipment. The first unit has already been shipped to a company in Germany.

Flexible carbon nanotubes made more reliable and efficient

Engineers would love to create flexible electronic devices, such as e-readers that could be folded to fit into a pocket. One approach involves designing circuits based on electronic fibers, known as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), instead of rigid silicon chips.

Inkron

Inkron is a privately-funded start-up offering low-temperature silver nano filled paste targeted at the die attach market. Inkron has a production technology based on an electrolytic process. Inkron wants to be more than a powder supply and is already offering formulated pastes and inks.

Perpetuum

Perpetuum is a spin-out from the University of Southampton. It is a VC backed company specializing in vibrational energy harvesting based on the electrodynamic transduction mechanism

Wearable thermoelectric generator

A team of researchers have proposed a glass fabric-based thermoelectric generator that is extremely light and flexible and produces electricity from the heat of the human body.