Researchers from Nanjing University use Shiitake mushrooms for solar steam generation.
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To PCE Infinity and Beyond: Recent Perovskite Research
Perovskite-based photovoltaics are currently achieving PCEs of just over 22%. Here are some interesting highlights of recent perovskite research.
A Multi-Functional Self-Healing Hydrogel
The new self-healing hydrogel can recover its functionalities after being cut, without external stimuli.
Image-based Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Lung: Virtual Reality or New Clinical Practice?
Image-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) predicts airflow in the lungs, providing more sensitive biomarkers of how well your lungs are working.
Is Local Knowledge An Extractable Resource?
A team of Fulbright NEXUS researchers takes stock of the literature and charts a path forward for situating the ‘local’ in climate change adaptation. (Image credit: Pekchar/Fotolia)
Solar Glasses: A Glimpse into the Bright Future of Wearable Electronics
In an important step forward for wearable electronics, researchers design and build a set of “solar glasses”, which integrate transparent solar cells into the lenses and electronics into the frames, to measure and display the instantaneous light intensity and ambient temperature.
3D Printing with a Silicone Paste
Researchers achieved 3D printing of flexible silicone rubber structures through combining water with solid and liquid forms of silicone into a pasty ink.
Skin-Like Polymeric Coatings
A regenerative coating system that consists of a multilayer structure analogous to skin where the coating is formed on a vascularized substrate is developed.
Interview: Advances in Carbon Dioxide Utilization
Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger talks about her recent article on copper-based catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction, which brings new insights towards the renewable conversion of carbon dioxide, a well-known greenhouse gas, into green fuels and chemicals.
Improving Metal–Air Battery Performances by Trapping Oxygen
A hollow cobalt and nitrogen co-doped carbon nanopolyhedra catalyst, which effectively traps oxygen molecules available in the electrolyte is fabricated.
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