Materials
Defects make catalysts perfect
26 Apr 2012
Lightweight construction on the way to volume production
23 Apr 2012
To make lightweight cars and airplanes it is necessary to use as many of the components as possible using carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics CRP, which until now, have been made by hand. Now an automated production methods suitable for volume production may be possible
Probing hydrogen under extreme conditions
13 Apr 2012
Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 11 Apr 2012
Research by MIT suggests copper-gold nanoparticles may reduce greenhouse gas emissions and turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy