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Scientists Break Record for Highest-Temperature Superconductor

May 23, 2019

The xperiment produced new material that can conduct electricity perfectly

Best in Snow: New Scientific Device Creates Electricity from Snowfall

April 16, 2019

First-of-its-kind nanogenerator designed by UCLA researchers and colleagues also acts as a weather station

Unusual Phenomenon in Clouds Triggers Lightning Flash

April 11, 2019

The observation, called "fast negative breakdown," documents a new possible way for lightning to form

Energy Monitor Can Find Electrical Failures before They Happen

March 25, 2019

Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed

Tracking Firefighters in Burning Buildings

March 4, 2019

The low-cost sensor is about the size of a button-cell watch battery

Researchers Find Way to Stabilize Color of Light in Next-Gen Material

February 11, 2019

Halide perovskites could have great potential for optoelectronic technologies because they are inexpensive to obtain and high...

A Bionic Mushroom That Generates Electricity

November 7, 2018

It sounds like something straight out of Alice in Wonderland, but researchers generated mushrooms patterned with energy-...

New Material, Manufacturing Process Use Sun's Heat for Cheaper Renewable Electricity

October 19, 2018

Solar power accounts for less than two percent of US electricity, but could make up more

Gut Bacteria's Shocking Secret: They Produce Electricity

September 13, 2018

Hundreds of electricity-generating bacteria found, including pathogenic, probiotic, and fermenting bacteria

Lining up Surprising Behaviors of Superconductor with One of the World's Strongest Magnets

August 9, 2018

Scientists have discovered that the electrical resistance of a copper-oxide compound depends on the magnetic field in a very ...

Materials "Sandwich" Breaks Barrier for Solar Cell Efficiency

March 5, 2018

NYU Tandon Professor André D. Taylor's research team combines materials and borrows lessons from nature to build a bet...

Researchers Investigate Bioelectricity to Better Understand Breast Cancer

January 25, 2018

Current cancer research focuses primarily on biochemical signaling, but bioelectric signals are another communication system ...

Tweaking Quantum Dots Powers-Up Double-Pane Solar Windows

January 3, 2018

Engineered quantum dots could bring down the cost of solar electricity

'Quantum Material' Has Shark-Like Ability to Detect Small Electrical Signals

December 22, 2017

Such a technology might be used to study ocean organisms and ecosystems and to monitor the movement of ships for military and...

Briny Pool Bacteria Can Clean up and Power Up

November 6, 2017

KAUST researchers are exploring ways to detoxify warm, salty wastewater while simultaneously generating electricity

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