Researchers at Kyushu University and partner institutions have created a solid material that converts ordinary visible ...

Two cups of warm water don't make one cup of boiling water. But in the quantum world, multiple low-energy photons can combine ...

Some solid materials can cool down or heat up when pressure is applied or released. This behavior enables cooling and heating technologies that do not rely on climate-damaging refrigerant gases. In ...

Solid-state batteries charge in a fraction of the time, run cooler, and pack more energy into less space than traditional lithium-ion versions. A new review from the University of California, ...

A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a ...

When exposed to light, organic photochromic molecules undergo a fast and reversible change in their electronic structure, resulting in a shift in colour. Solid-state composites of these photochromes ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light has higher energy photons than visible light and, thus, has more applications. Researchers have now developed a brilliant innovation -- a solid-state material that can stably ...

Ion transport and hydrodynamic flow through nanometer-sized channels (nanopores) have been increasingly studied owing to not only the fundamental interest in the abundance of novel phenomena that has ...

A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate their ...

The interest is obvious. As electrified transport and wider energy storage needs grow, battery systems are being asked to deliver more energy, better safety, and more resilient supply chains.