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Electrochemical cell harvests lithium from seawater

“The system offers an economical way to source essential battery material. Lithium is a vital element in the batteries that power electric vehicles, but soaring lithium demand is expected to exhaust land-based reserves by 2080. KAUST researchers have now developed …

Electrons Waiting For Their Turn: New Model Explains 3D Quantum Material

“Scientists from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat – Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter have developed a new understanding of how electrons behave in strong magnetic fields. Their results explain measurements of electric currents in three-dimensional materials that signal a …

Engineers create a programmable fiber

“In a first, the digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity. MIT researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity after being …

Floating Water Quality Sensor

“The aim of this project is to determine the effect of climate change on river water quality. The turbidity of a river tend to change significantly during a period of heavy rainfall. Climate change causes shifts in the air and …

Gaharwar lab is lighting hydrogels via nanomaterials

“Hydrogels are commonly used inside the body to help in tissue regeneration and drug delivery. However, once inside, they can be challenging to control for optimal use. A team of researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A …

Galileo satellites’ last step before launch

“Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation constellation is set to grow. Later this year the first two out of 12 ‘Batch 3’ Galileo satellites will be launched by Soyuz from French Guiana. Their last step on the way to launch is …

Gravitational wave search no humdrum hunt

“The hunt for the never before heard “hum” of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars has just got a lot easier, thanks to an international team of researchers. Gravitational waves have only been detected from black holes and neutron …

Green light on gold atoms

“Scientists at EPFL discover that laser-driven rearrangement of just a few gold atoms inside nanoscale antennas can be observed by the naked eye. Because individual atoms or molecules are 100 to 1000 times smaller than the wavelength of visible light …

Harmonious electronic structure leads to enhanced quantum materials

“The electronic structure of metallic materials determines the behavior of electron transport. Magnetic Weyl semimetals have a unique topological electronic structure - the electron’s motion is dynamically linked to its spin. These Weyl semimetals have come to be the most …

Home automation using Keypad

“From controlling the room lights to controlling the door lock with your keypad, home automation has taken convenience to a whole new level. As thefts are increasing day by day security is becoming a major concern nowadays. I wanted to …