Microscopic defects make batteries better

Credit: Mesoscale Materials Modeling Group/Rice University Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Science, National Science Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison WEI Seed Grant, Vilas Research Travel Awards  High-performance...

The next generation of power electronics? Gallium nitride doped with beryllium

Credit: Hanna Koikkalainen The trick is to be able to use beryllium atoms in gallium nitride. Gallium nitride is a compound widely used in semiconductors in consumer electronics from LED lights to game consoles....

Frequent alcohol drinking kills new brain cells in adults, females are more vulnerable

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston recently discovered that alcohol killed the stem cells residing in adult mouse brains. Because the brain stems cells create new nerve cells and are...

Infrastructure optimization tool from Sandia helps design future bases

Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya. Where do you get your water? How do you generate electricity to cook your food and keep it fresh? What happens to your waste after you toss it or flush it? For soldiers overseas,...

Apple Pay Cash launches in beta today, letting you transact cash in Mess

Apple is soft-launching direct, person-to-person payments in an iMessage today with the Apple Pay Cash beta. The feature, which was announced earlier this year, allows you to send and receive cash inside the Messages app...