Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow’s miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.
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Popular Science: “From Abalone to Self-Healing Gadgets”
MIT’s Angela Belcher, a former winner of PopSci’s Brillant 10, is developing new materials that could lead to gadgets that mend their cracks when dropped on the floor, and won’t die if exposed to water.
Read on: “From Abalone to Self-healing gadgets”
Eureka! Shell shock
An MIT materials scientist’s research on sea snails has helped transform battery technology and may end the era when cell phones die if they’re dropped and PDAs must be replaced if they get dunked in the tub.
Read on: “Eureka! Shell Shock”
Congratulations to Dr. Chung-Yi Chiang
Congratulations to Dr. Chung-Yi Chiang on the successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Assembly of Biological Building Blocks for Nano- and Micro-fabrications of Materials“.
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Thomas Kottmann
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Thomas Kottmann on the successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Molecular Simulation of Biomaterials and Biomolecules at the Solid-Liquid Interface“.
Congratulations to Dr. Sreekar Bhaviripudi
Congratulations to Dr. Sreekar Bhaviripudi on the successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Ordered arrays of nanocrystals : synthesis, properties and applications“.
Congratulations to Dr. Asher Keeling Sinensky
Congratulations to Dr. Asher Keeling Sinensky on the successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Assembly and detection of viruses and biological molecules on inorganic surfaces“.
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Mark Krauland
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Mark Krauland on the successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Towards rational design of peptides for selective interaction with inorganic materials“.
Time Magazine: Angela Belcher
The reason we aren’t all driving electric cars has little to do with a Detroit conspiracy. It’s that nobody has invented a lightweight, inexpensive battery that can store enough electricity to make such a vehicle practical. If anyone can change that, it’s Angela Belcher.
Read on: “Angela Belcher”
Congratulations to Dr. Ki Tae Nam
Congratulations to Dr. Ki Tae Nam on the successful completion of his Ph.D with thesis entitled “Multifunctional Virus Scaffolds for Energy Applications: Nanomaterials Synthesis and Two Dimensional Assembly“.