A group of scientists recently announced that they have discovered a superconductor that can operate at ambient pressures and room temperatures. That’s a huge claim, so the pair of yet-to-be-peer-reviewedContinue Reading
Supercapacitors have been around since the 1950s, but their true potential has only just become apparent. They store energy in the same way as batteries do, but on entirely differentContinue Reading
Engineers are shipping the world’s most powerful magnet to the construction site of the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor called ITER in France. The magnet will be constructed from sixContinue Reading
Researchers at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium say they have discovered a new material they call LTPS — whose chemical composition is LiTi2(PS4)3 — that has the highestContinue Reading
In a feat comparable to the fable of blind man who carried a lame man on his back, lending him his feet and borrowing from him his eyes, researchers atContinue Reading
