Tin can be processed into a highly porous foam. An interdisciplinary team at HZB has investigated how this tin foam (pictured) behaves as a battery electrode. Metal-based electrodes in lithium-ion ...

A research group from the Jordan University of Science and Technology and the Australian College of Kuwait have developed a new passive cooling technique for solar modules. The method is based on the ...

Researchers have made a lighter and potentially cheaper kind of shape-memory alloy: materials that change shape in response to a magnetic field but remember their original shape. The new material, a ...

Nanocellulose is a renewable nanomaterial made from plant fibres, with unique properties including lightness, very high strength and large surface area. The doctoral dissertation of Mohammad ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) Translucent Aluminum Foam is a special aluminum foam material that allows light to pass through through a uNi que porous structure and is commonly used in architecture, interior ...

Metal Organic Frameworks have enjoyed a brighter spotlight in recent years - especially after the Nobel Prize win in ...

Optical analysis and machine learning techniques can now readily detect microplastics in marine and freshwater environments using inexpensive porous metal substrates. Details of the method, developed ...