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Robotic Raven incorporates solar power

Researchers have developed and demonstrated a new version of the Robo Raven micro air vehicle that incorporates solar panels in its wings.

Wood fibers help nano-scale batteries keep their structure

A sliver of wood coated with tin could make a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly battery.

Advancing bio-inspired micro-robotics technology

BAE Systems has been awarded $43 million to lead the Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance for an additional five years to advance bio-inspired micro-robotics technology to extend the remote sensing capability of U.S. ground forces.

Air Force supports study on nanopaper for electronics, aircraft

Like ordinary paper, nanopaper is made of wood pulp, but reconstructed at the nanoscale to enhance its properties.

Nano beads on a string could advance battery technology

Chemists and materials scientists have designed a tiny silicon structure for batteries that can last through more charging cycles than previous designs did.

Big future for titanium compounds in the new electronics and electrics

This article shares some of the research carried out for a new IDTechEx report requested by several of the world's largest chemical companies.

Breakthrough batteries using tobacco virus

A team of researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, brought together by Professor Reza Ghodssi, is harnessing and exploiting the "self-renewing" and "self-assembling" properties of viruses to build a new generation of small, powerful and highly efficient batteries and fuel cells.

New device to store electrical energy

Researchers at the Maryland NanoCenter at the University of Maryland have developed new systems for storing electrical energy derived from alternative sources that are, in some cases, 10 times more efficient than what is commercially available and will significantly enhance the performance of electrical energy storage devices.

Energy harvesting batteries

Remotely rechargeable, the batteries gather energy from the environment, from sources such as vibrations and existing radio waves.

Huge advances in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) - part 1

Cathleen Macher, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx, looks at the global progress of carbon nanotubes (CNT).

Alternative displays

Single-wall carbon nanotube (CNT) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are now possible for flexible displays and electronics.

Graphene - highest mobility and processable

Chemists and physicists are hard at work developing production processes for graphene - one day it may even be printable.