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February 24, 2015 1 min read
The rapidly increasing industrialization in many parts of the world comes with economic benefits, but also serious long-term health and environmental consequences. Stanford professor Yi Cui had become increasingly concerned about the air […]
The post Stanford’s cheap nanomaterial filter could solve the air pollution problem appeared first on Geek.com.
February 23, 2015 1 min read
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have worked out a way to eliminate some of the more pricey components of solar cells by looking to an unusual source. It turns out that […]
The post Crustacean shells found to be a very cheap material for making solar cells appeared first on Geek.com.
February 18, 2015 1 min read
The limpet is not a terribly interesting organism on the surface. This group of aquatic snails live their lives inching along rocks, scraping off algae for food. The way they scrape those rocks […]
The post The strongest biological material we know of is actually a snail’s tooth appeared first on Geek.com.
December 02, 2014 1 min read
Researchers at Drexel University’s College of Engineering have created a new material that could revolutionize next-generation batteries and supercapacitors. Before you start forming too many preconceptions, this isn’t just another metal alloy. Drexel […]
The post Drexel University creates a lump of clay that conducts and stores electricity appeared first on Geek.com.
November 27, 2014 1 min read
It’s been a struggle for solar panel makers to boost efficiency over the years, and what a bummer. Here we have all this free energy raining down and most solar panels can only […]
The post Solar cells made more efficient by adding the bumps and pits from Blu-ray discs appeared first on Geek.com.
November 08, 2014 1 min read
Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed a new waterproofing compound from entirely natural sources. Not only is the material easy to produce, it is completely biodegradable and sustainably produced. You’re […]
The post Biodegradeable waterproof coating created from plants appeared first on Geek.com.
September 08, 2014 1 min read
There’s a lot of hand-wringing in developed nations over the availability of fossil fuels and internet bandwidth, but in some places even having enough clean drinking water is a struggle. Engineers at the […]
The post Cheap drinking water possible using graphite and the sun appeared first on Geek.com.
August 07, 2014 1 min read
Many cells have specialized structures called cilia — long hair-like extensions that can provide movement or clear foreign particles from a cell’s surface. MIT researchers have taken that concept and created an artificial […]
The post MIT creates artificial microscopic hairs that can control the flow of liquids appeared first on Geek.com.
July 25, 2014 1 min read
This fascinating video montage of superhydrophobic surfaces will probably be the best 4 minutes of your day.
The post Watch how weirdly water behaves on hydrophobic surfaces appeared first on Geek.com.
July 16, 2014 1 min read
It's not going to be cheap, but sapphire glass could become the next must-have in phones.
The post What is sapphire glass and why is it in the next iPhone? appeared first on Geek.com.
July 14, 2014 1 min read
Your moody goth friends might as well be wearing pastels. There’s a new kind of black, and it’s blacker than anything else on Earth. A British company called Surrey Nanosystems has used a […]
The post Carbon nanotubes used to create the blackest black ever appeared first on Geek.com.
May 09, 2014 1 min read
Biological organisms don’t need to worry too much about getting a little knocked around. Any damage to your skin is quickly filled in by clotting blood and healed to become almost as good […]
The post Self-healing plastic can patch 1-inch holes in minutes appeared first on Geek.com.
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