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Go With the Flow: Scientists Design Better Batteries for a Renewable Energy Grid

“New blueprint for affordable, sustainable ‘flow batteries’ developed at Berkeley Lab could accelerate an electrical grid powered by the sun and wind How do you store renewable energy so it’s there when you need it, even when the sun …

Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets

“New research by engineers at the University of Illinois combines atomic-scale experimentation with computer modeling to determine how much energy it takes to bend multilayer graphene – a question that has eluded scientists since graphene was first isolated. The findings are …

Industry’s First 4Mbit EEPROM Memory Chips from STMicroelectronics Let Small Devices Handle Bigger User Data

“Industry’s first 4Mbit EEPROM in small, low-cost, 8-pin package Data-storage boost brings more features and precision to smart devices ST is the world leader in serial EEPROM memories, widely used across a full range of applications Geneva / 21 Nov …

Intel Unveils New GPU Architecture with High-Performance Computing and AI Acceleration, and oneAPI Software Stack with Unified and Scalable Abstraction for Heterogeneous Architectures

“News Highlights: Intel launches oneAPI, a unified and scalable programming model to harness the power of diverse computing architectures in the era of HPC/AI convergence. Intel introduces a general-purpose GPU optimized for HPC/AI acceleration based on the Xe …

Iron-based solar cells on track to becoming more efficient

“An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute …

Lamborghini and MIT pave the way for the electric supercar of the future

“MIT-Italy helps build supercharged partnerships on campus and across the globe. “He was here to dream, and I said ‘OK, let’s dream together,’” recalls Professor Mircea Dincă of his first encounter with Automobili Lamborghini Head of Development Riccardo …

Liquid metals the secret ingredients to clean up environment

“Liquid metal catalysts show great promise for capturing carbon and cleaning up pollutants, requiring so little energy they can even be created in the kitchen. Forget the laboratory, substances that can solve environmental problems by capturing carbon dioxide, decontaminating water …

Mbed OS 5.14.2 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.14.2 release is now available. This is the latest patch release based on the feature set that Arm Mbed OS 5.14 introduces. Summary In this release we have added …

Multimaterial 3D printing manufactures complex objects, fast

“Multinozzle printer can switch between multiple inks up to 50 times per second 3D printers are revolutionizing manufacturing by allowing users to create any physical shape they can imagine on-demand. However, most commercial printers are only able to build objects …

New Spin Directions In Pyrite An Encouraging Sign For Future Spintronics

“first theoretical demonstration of both in-plane and out-of-plane spin highly energy- and direction- dependent behaviour discovered interplay between surface and bulk states plays a critical role in surface spin texture A Monash University study revealing new spin textures in pyrite …