Two-stage power management system boosts efficiency of triboelectric generators

A two-stage power management and storage system could dramatically improve the efficiency of triboelectric generators that harvest energy from irregular human motion such as walking, running or finger tapping.

Technique matters: A different way to make cathodes may mean better batteries

Researchers find that controlling surface chemistry is important to developing high-energy lithium-ion batteries.

Unique two-level cathode structure improves battery performance (w/video)

Controlling surface chemistry could lead to higher-capacity, faster-charging batteries for electronics, vehicles, and energy-storage applications.

Maxwell's demon as a self-contained, information-powered refrigerator

Scientists created a nanoscale device that may facilitate the design of future computers, for example.

Revolutionizing the treatment of lung diseases with nanomedicine

Malaysian scientists are joining forces with Harvard University experts to help revolutionize the treatment of lung diseases - the delivery of nanomedicine deep into places otherwise impossible to reach.

Stir no more: Draining speeds up bioassays

With a new method, bological assays that once took hours could instead take minutes.

Nanotechnology metallic glue may stick it to soldering and welding

Researchers developed a glue that binds metal to metal to glass to you-name-it, sets at room temperature, and requires little pressure to seal.