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One-time pollutant may become valued product

Chemists have discovered that one or more organic compounds in a family that traditionally has been known as pollutants could offer an important advance to make cheap, reliable batteries.

eChemion

eChemion is an Oregon-based start-up that has developed a process to surface-treat graphitic electrodes for redox flow batteries. The company is a spin-off of Oregon State University and is now completing its Series A round of funding.

New world speed record for an electric vehicle

The Ohio State University's Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3 student team and driver Roger Schroer rallied to push their electric streamline vehicle to a world record two-way average top speed of 341.4 miles per hour (549.4 kilometers per hour).

New technology may extend electric car range

Researchers have designed a thin plastic membrane that stops rechargeable batteries from discharging when not in use and allows for rapid recharging.

3D printing every fish species on earth

Nearly 25,000 species of fish live on our planet, and a University of Washington professor wants to scan and digitize them all.

Computers in your clothes? A milestone for wearable electronics

Researchers who are working to develop wearable electronics have reached a milestone: They are able to embroider circuits into fabric with 0.1 mm precision—the perfect size to integrate electronic components such as sensors and computer memory devices into clothing.

Mechanical trees become power plants

New tools for harvesting wind energy may soon look less like giant windmills and more like tiny leafless trees.

Sintering may create new electronics manufacturing technologies

Engineers have made a fundamental breakthrough in understanding the physics of photonic "sintering," which could lead to many new advances in solar cells, flexible electronics, various types of sensors and other high-tech products printed onto something as simple as a sheet of paper or plastic.

Storage advance may boost solar thermal energy potential

Engineers have identified a new approach for the storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, to reduce its cost and make it more practical for wider use.

Discovery about new battery overturns decades of false assumptions

New findings have overturned a scientific dogma that stood for decades, by showing that potassium can work with graphite in a potassium-ion battery - a discovery that could pose a challenge and sustainable alternative to the widely-used lithium-ion battery.

Quantum dot technology may help light the future

Advances in manufacturing technology for quantum dots"may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while using less toxic materials and low-cost manufacturing processes that take advantage of simple microwave heating. The same technology may also be widely incorporated into improved lighting displays, computer screens, smart phones, televisions and other systems.

World's first solar battery to performance milestone

After debuting the world's first solar air battery last fall, researchers at The Ohio State University have now reached a new milestone.

Invention captures wasted cell phone energy, feeds it back to battery

New technology makes cell phone batteries last up to 30 percent longer on a single charge.

Research may lead to 3D-printed Mars rovers

How 3D printers could one day be used to aid in exploring Mars by building Mars rovers with 3D-printed parts.

New type of semiconductor could change face of consumer electronics

Materials first developed more than a decade ago with an eye toward making "transparent" transistors may be about to shake up the field of consumer electronics - and the first uses are not even based on the transparent capability of the materials.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide used for energy storage products

Chemists and engineers have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that's causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an advanced, high-value material for use in energy storage products.

World's first solar battery

Is it a solar cell? Or a rechargeable battery? Actually, the patent-pending device invented at The Ohio State University is both: the world's first solar battery.

Electric car breaks 200 mph barrier to set new land speed record

An electric car built by Brigham Young University engineering students has once again set a world land speed record, this time besting the previous mark by nearly 50 mph.

Trees go high-tech: process turns cellulose into energy storage device

Based on a fundamental chemical discovery by scientists, it appears that trees may soon play a major role in making high-tech energy storage devices.