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Toshiba design around the Chinese induced shortage with new technology

Toshiba has developed a high-iron concentration samarium-cobalt magnet that is free of dysprosium, a rare earth mineral that is in extremely short supply and increasingly expensive.

Assess the future of graphene at Graphene LIVE!

Graphene is one of the most exciting new materials currently being developed. It brings superlative performance to supercapacitors, batteries, touch screens, logic, sensors, displays, composites and much more thanks to its electrical, thermal and mechanical properties.

Supercapacitor replaces battery - again

Yo-Engineering chose to use a supercapacitor in place of a battery in an electric vehicle.

New battery created by intentionally engineering defects in graphene

The result is a graphene anode material that can be charged or discharged 10 times faster than conventional graphite anodes used in today's lithium (Li)-ion batteries.

Assess the future of graphene at Graphene LIVE!

Graphene is one of the most exciting new materials currently being developed. It brings superlative performance to supercapacitors, batteries, touch screens, logic, sensors, displays, composites and much more thanks to its electrical, thermal and mechanical properties.

Transistors made from graphene nanoribbons

Seng Ghee Tan at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and co-workers at the National University of Singapore have now shown that graphene has additional applications in magnetic data storage.

Flexible barriers: A $1 billion opportunity by 2022

As more and more flexible devices are becoming available, the need for better performing barriers and encapsulation materials at lower cost points intensifies.

Study will evaluate commercial possibilities for fuel cell ferries

CMAL has been commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for Scottish Enterprise that will evaluate the technical and commercial possibilities of using hydrogen fuel cells to enable the development of zero emission ferries.

Spintronics for energy efficient computing

Researchers discover possibility to use the spin for processing logical operations, both fast and energy-efficiently.

Supercapacitors recover braking energy

Genève tram operator TPG is testing a prototype supercapacitor energy storage unit which allows braking energy to be recovered, and enables a tram to run for short distances without an external power supply.

Nanohelices for energy harvesting

Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin and led by Professor Vojislav Krstic are investigating advanced materials and their electronic properties.

City Labs makes first commercial tritium battery

The NanoTritium can travel into enemy territory, plunge to the bottom of the ocean and even settle into the human heart. And it keeps going, even through extreme temperatures and vibration, for 20 years or more.

Applied Nanotech unveils low-cost micron copper ink

Can replace more expensive silver inks used in the growing printed electronics industry

Wireless power for the price of a penny

The newspaper-style printing of electronic equipment has led to a cost-effective device that could change the way we interact with everyday objects.

Advance in generating electricity from wastewater

Engineers have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater.

Storage systems for renewable energy

Energy storage systems are one of the key technologies for the energy turnaround.

Printing technology comes to supercapacitors

Wound (rolled) rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors (Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors) are similar in construction.

Trams to harvest regenerative braking

Genève tram operator TPG is testing a prototype supercapacitor energy storage unit which allows braking energy to be recovered, and enables a tram to run for short distances without an external power supply.

E Ink agrees to buy SiPix shares

E Ink and LCD technologies has signed a definitive agreement to buy shares of SiPix Technology and its wholly owned subsidiary SiPix Imaging, the maker of electronic paper displays.

Big disagreement on where lithium-ion batteries are headed

Lithium-ion is the winning type of rechargeable battery for the decade - there is almost a consensus. You can count about 150 manufacturers of these and IDTechEx has profiled nearly all of them.