An international team of scientists have combined cyclic-olefin copolymers with a powder of aluminum oxide to create a ...

The aluminum is then produced from the aluminum oxide through a technique called aluminum smelting. It is based on a process known as electrolysis, in which an electrical current is used to produce ...

Originally developed for electric cars, nowadays they supply mobile phone antennas with electricity, and tomorrow perhaps ...

Topology and chemistry will affect frost deposition, and researchers in Kyoo-Chul Kenneth Park’s lab at Northwestern ...

Princeton NuEnergy, a spin-off from Princeton University, has demonstrated electrode rejuvenation in batteries using ...

Japanese scientists are heralding a "cutting-edge technology" that could fuel humans' expansion into space: wood. As we look ...

It sets an important precedent, with its creators hoping to demonstrate the use of an entirely renewable material in space ...

A Japanese team launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, to the International Space Station (ISS). This 10-cm³ ...

The first wooden satellite "LignoSat" was successfully launched to the ISS to test the possible uses of wood in space travel.

When sodium is cut or scratched, its freshly exposed shiny surface rapidly turns dull as a thin layer of sodium oxide forms: Other metals may oxidise more slowly. Gold and other very unreactive ...

The government made the possession of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, a criminal offence in England and Wales, as part of plans to tackle anti-social behaviour. Its use soared during the pandemic ...