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 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
The tan-colored MOXIE cube being placed into Perseverance.

Mars MOXIE makes oxygen out of thin air

First-ever space habitat tech, experiment gives more than researchers expected. Not too dissimilar from Man's first Moon landing with a computer that by today's standards TI-83 calculators could... — Updated 9/19/2023 Full story

 
Computer-generated image of a solid-state battery on a circuit board.

Solving solid-state batteries

While most leaders in the clean energy sector strongly indicate the concept of solid-state batteries is better, a few hurdles have long held this superior rechargeable battery in the realm of pacemakers... — Updated 9/11/2023 Full story

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
A massive row of hundreds of CdTe thin-film solar panels by First Solar.

Upgrading First Solar with quantum dots

Joint development agreement for research into quantum dots for solar modules. Looking to evolve its already impressive proprietary cadmium-telluride thin-film solar technology, First Solar Inc. has... — Updated 8/31/2023

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
A rendering of electricity being transmitted through stone.

Ancient tech helps MIT make supercapacitor

Common cement and carbon black pave the way for a foundational tech for efficient future energy storage. Channeling the power of the ancients, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced... — Updated 8/8/2023

 
Clean energy art showing wind turbines and solar panels inside a battery.

Xcel Energy to test Liquid Metal battery

Forward-thinking utility works with Ambri on demo-scale deployment of molten metal battery for clean energy storage. With the electric vehicle revolution demanding lithium-ion battery materials faster... — Updated 8/8/2023

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
Xuilin Ruan (left) and Joseph Peoples (right) measure their whitest paint.

Cool upgrade to Purdue's whitest paint

In an effort to curb global warming, Purdue University researchers developed a cool solution – paint. But not just any paint, with what they believe to be the closest opposite of the blackest black,... — Updated 7/25/2023

 
Artistic concept of battery storing wind and solar-generated electricity.

US green energy storage hits headwinds

Supply constraints slow installations; WoodMac expects li-ion batteries to dominate energy storage in US over next five years. The transition to clean electricity generated from intermittent sources such a... — Updated 6/8/2023

 
Concrete being poured at a construction site.

MIT team bakes up lower CO2 concrete

Solid and durable, concrete is the second-most consumed material on Earth, surpassed only by water. The gray, porous building material is also the foundation of modern infrastructure. But concrete leaves... — Updated 4/21/2023

 
Cups with aluminum, sulfur, and molten salts in aluminum-sulfur batteries.

A new low-cost aluminum-sulfur battery

Seeking an affordable and safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries for the storage of intermittent clean energy from wind and solar, a global team of researchers led by an award-winning chemist at the... — Updated 4/16/2023 Full story

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
Graphic of MIT's seed pocket technology on silicon wafers for 2D materials.

2D materials shift Moore's Law paradigm

Struggling to overcome the inevitable shortcomings of miniaturizing digital technologies due to the inherent limits of silicon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have potentially... — Updated 1/24/2023

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
VulcanForms co-founders John Hart (left) and Martin Feldmann (right).

From 3D printing to digital manufacturing

VulcanForms is elevating metal 3D printing to the next stage of AM industrialization. Spun out from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnus and professor duo, VulcanForms is pushing the boundary... — Updated 12/6/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Metals
A 3D rendering of interconnected atoms that could function like graphene.

Twisted graphene smooths quantum tech

Researchers postulate graphene can be transistor, superconductor simultaneously. With the breakthroughs in quantum technologies that graphene has enabled, among countless other discoveries this... — Updated 11/15/2022

 
Tin solder is being used to repair a computer microcircuit.

Overlooked tin connects the Digital Age

From flashlights to supercomputers, tin is the glue for an electronic age Lost in the clamor for lithium, nickel and other metals needed for the batteries powering electric vehicles and modern... — Updated 9/27/2022 Full story

 
U.S. military uses antimony in a wide array of equipment to protect the country.

Antimony at top of strategic concerns

Russia and China's control of global supplies worry DC lawmakers From its uses in flame retardants that have saved countless American lives to being an important ingredient in batteries poised to be the... — Updated 9/12/2022 Full story

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Metals
A rendering of MIT's gallium-gold bandage sensor on an arm.

A gold-gallium bandage to monitor body

MIT develops a wearable sensor able to target any biomarker Using a gold-gallium "band-aid" could prove the next generation of biological monitoring as researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of... — Updated 8/30/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
Various metal 3D printed objects using UMass high-entropy alloy.

Exciting new 3D printing alloy discovery

Strong and flexible, HEA offers the ideal additive manufacturing combination Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Georgia Institute of Technology have 3D printed a dual-phase,... — Updated 8/16/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
Considered a co-inventor of lithium-ion batteries, earning a Nobel Prize for it.

Father of lithium-ion batteries turns 100

Ask anyone, "who invented the lightbulb?" and most would be able to answer Thomas Edison. Ask anyone, "who invented the telephone?" and some would be able to answer Alexander Graham Bell. Ask anyone, "who... — Updated 8/2/2022 Full story

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Metals
A 3D rendering showing Cooper pairs with offset rows of graphene.

Physics' newest twisted graphene family

Just when you would think graphene could not possibly be more amazing than it already is, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology prove that to be furthest from the truth, discovering... — Updated 7/19/2022

 
Seurat Technologies 3D metal printing additive manufacturing sintering

Innovator touts new 3D printing tech

A high-tech company, Seurat Technologies, intends to make the most of its innovation in the emerging world of metal 3D printing and in the process, revolutionize the way large industrial products like... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Metals
Rice University graphene production sound Li brothers audio frequency data

Brothers discover the sound of graphene

Two brothers in a Rice University laboratory noticed a fascinating result during the production of the miracle material graphene that could potentially change the way it is manufactured – by listening... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
fiber wire battery fabric Massachusetts Institute Technology MIT woven washable

MIT makes longest lithium battery fiber

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of an ultra-long fiber that can be woven into fabrics and even washed. This latest innovation... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Mining Tech
MIT Massachusetts Institute Technology REE separation rare earth elements method

MIT creates groundbreaking REE separation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have devised a unique method to help curb the looming shortages of critical minerals and metals by making it easier to separate them from ore and recycled... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
Volkswagen European lithium battery supply chain gigafactory business

VW creates new European battery business

Powering up its mission to become the world's leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, Volkswagen Group has established a European public company to consolidate activities along the EV battery supply... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
MIT thermophotovoltaic heat engine to generate electricity.

Heat to electricity with no moving parts

Since its invention nearly 140 years ago, the modern steam turbine has represented the apex of efficiency when it comes to converting thermal energy into electricity. Now, engineers from the Massachusetts... — Updated 4/19/2022 Full story

 

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