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Worlds' first car that runs on formic acid

A multidisciplinary team of 20 students from the University of Eindhoven, known as Team FAST, are building the world's first formic acid car.

Scientists make breakthrough in boosting solar cell power

A new light trapping technique has enabled more than 30% power enhancement of an ultrathin solar cell.

Liquid crystal elastomer material could enable advanced sensors

Liquid crystal elastomers are ideal for applications like artificial muscles and blood vessels, actuators, sensors, plastic motors and drug delivery systems.

Breakthrough in ceramics 3D printing technology

A new milestone in 3D printing technology by developing a process that overcomes the limits of traditional ceramic parts and enables the development of high temperature, high strength ceramic components.

New technology could save millions in energy costs

A new technology could help companies and factories cut their energy bills by as much as 10 per cent.

Industry's first smart bio-processor

Samsung Electronics has announced that it is addressing the growing trend of quantified health with an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market, the Bio-Processor.

Designing the topology of ion nano-channels leads to cleaner fuels

An international group of scientists have developed ion-exchange synthetic membranes based on amphiphilic compounds that are able to convert the energy of chemical reactions into electrical current.

New industrial possibilities for nanoporous thin films

Metal-organic frameworks are a new type of materials with nanoscale pores.

TSensors Summit 2015

The TSensors Summit 2015 was held in Celebration, FL this year and was attended by approximately 150 people that had the chance to attend presentations on the latest developments and applications for sensors, and how the concept of abundance (as defined by Peter Diamandis in his book of the same name published in 2012) would be enabled with the proliferation of trillions of sensors deployed worldwide.

Doped electrodes cram charge into supercapacitors

A new supercapacitor electrode material has been created that can store much more energy than conventional supercapacitors.

World's largest flexible X-ray detector

Researchers have announced that they have successfully manufactured the world's largest flexible X-ray detector prototypes using advanced thin film transistors.

Israel's first center for 3D and functional printing

The 3D and Functional Printing Center at The Hebrew University is a printing hub providing technologies and infrastructure for research and industrial innovation.

Personal vehicle moves in all directions including upwards

ARCA Space Corporation has created ArcaBoard, a hoverboard that works over most surfaces.

Acoustic technique reveals structural info in nanoscale materials

Understanding where and how phase transitions occur is critical to developing new generations of the materials used in high-performance batteries, sensors, energy-harvesting devices, medical diagnostic equipment and other applications.

New hybrid electrolyte for solid-state lithium batteries

Scientists have developed a novel electrolyte for use in solid-state lithium batteries that overcomes many of the problems that plague other solid electrolytes while also showing signs of being compatible with next-generation cathodes.

Funding for batteryless revolution in the IoT

PsiKick, the self-powering Internet of Things systems company, has announced a $16.5M Series B financing.

Scientists create atomically thin metallic boron

A team of scientists has, for the first time, created a two-dimensional sheet of boron, a material known as borophene.

Wearable tech meets pain relief

iTENS, the world's first FDA-cleared, true wireless TENS therapy device that works via an iPhone or Android based app, is launching in 2016.

Carbon-nanotube strips harness waste heat

Where work is done there is waste heat, but research is making progress to develop ways of harnessing heat so that this energy need not be wasted.

Titanium propels 3D printed drone to aid in bushfires

Students thought that changing the aerodynamics of a UAV to reduce drag might result in less drain on the battery, and thereby increase flight time.