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Researchers report high performance solid-state sodium-ion battery
Organic cathode offers more reliable contact with electrolyte, a key to stability
24-Apr-2019
Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are far safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their performance has been too weak to offset the safety advantages. Researchers reported developing an organic cathode that dramatically improves both stability ...
A smartphone system to test for lead in water
Can detect levels below EPA standards
28-Sep-2018
The discovery of lead in Flint, Michigan's drinking water drew renewed attention to the health risks posed by the metal. Now researchers at the University of Houston have created an inexpensive system using a smartphone and a lens made with an inkjet printer that can detect lead in tap water at ...
'Soft' robots that can move on their own
23-Apr-2018
If Star Wars' R2-D2 is your idea of a robot, think again. Researchers led by a University of Houston engineer have reported a new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin sensing, actuating electronics and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle that can adapt to the environment and crawl, ...
Nanomaterials hold promise for producing hydrogen from water
23-Mar-2018
Hydrogen holds promise as an inexpensive form of clean energy, but finding an efficient and affordable way to produce the fuel from water - a technique known as water-splitting - remains a key scientific challenge. A researcher from the University of Houston is working with a colleague in Taiwan ...
Scientific advances can make it easier to recycle plastics
21-Nov-2017
Most of the 150 million tons of plastics produced around the world every year end up in landfills, the oceans and elsewhere. Less than 9 percent of plastics are recycled in the United States, rising to about 30 percent in Europe. That's a $176 billion problem, the potential energy savings ...
Removing the roadblocks to a more efficient car engine
22-Sep-2017
Almost 160 years after the invention of the internal combustion engine, a new type of engine - operating at low-temperature, allowing it to consume less fuel - offers promise for the transportation industry as it plans for the future. But the next-generation engine requires a next-generation ...
Artificial 'skin' gives robotic hand a sense of touch
15-Sep-2017
A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold, while also offering advantages for a wide range of biomedical devices. The work ...
A better way to create organic bioelectronics
29-Aug-2017
With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the nervous system, demand is growing for biomedical devices that can better record and stimulate the nervous system, as well as deliver drugs and biomolecules in precise dosages. Researchers with the University of Houston and ...
Inexpensive organic material gives safe batteries a longer life
21-Jun-2017
Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect - they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short lifecycles, among other issues. Now researchers from the University of Houston have described a new class of material ...
Searching for answers on the sea floor
How abiotic organic molecules are formed
14-Jun-2017
The sea floor may look barren, but Qi Fu, an experimental geochemist at the University of Houston, says there are places where it is teeming with life. Hydrothermal vents, fissures on the sea bottom which release fluids heated by volcanic rocks, are particularly rich, but science can't yet ...
