Engineering News

A team of researchers from the George Washington University has developed high-performance ultracapacitors that are low cost and could lead to a boost in performance for electric vehicles and portable electronics.

On April 17^th, the city of Quebec held its third annual Get Connected Day that highlighted an attempt to break a Guinness World Record with the largest parade of electric vehicles.

Cornell University and Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers are looking for ways to reduce the size of electronic devices down to atomic dimensions. By studying exotic materials, the team was able to transform a transition metal oxide into an insulator, while reducing the thickness to less than one nanometer.

MIT and Harvard University Scientists had developed a way to use molecules to store solar energy that can later be used to heat homes or water. These molecules have the ability to store heat forever and be used without emitting any greenhouse gases.

A group of researchers from Southeast University in Nanjing, China have developed a new material that can bend and direct EM waves as an antenna does. This new material is being described as the first broadband transformation optics metasurface lens.

A group of Chinese scientists created electricity with a drop of saltwater being drug across a layer of graphene. When saltwater contacts graphene, an equal charge is created on both sides.

Researchers at Georgia State University have found a way for semiconductors to detect a wider range of light than currently possible. An extra light source was added to their device that prepares the semiconductor with energy and when a low energy, long wavelength beam passes over, the extra light source pushes the material to the top creating a detectable reaction. 

The U.S.-China Green Electronics Competition was announced earlier this week to raise awareness of the harmful effects on human and environmental health when e-waste is not properly handled and recycled.