Holds Promise for Large-Scale Hydrogen Production, Desalination Seawater is one of the most abundant resources on earth, offering promise both as a source of hydrogen – desirable as a source... Read more
Pressure improves the ability of materials to turn heat into electricity and could potentially be used to create clean generators, according to new work from a team that includes Carnegie’s... Read more
An international team of researchers has reported a new way to safeguard drones, surveillance cameras and other equipment against laser attacks, which can disable or destroy the equipment. T... Read more
Research Finds a New Way to Reduce Food Waste Pity the poor blemished banana. In a society that equates beauty with quality, the perception that blemished produce is less desirable than its... Read more
Researchers at the University of Houston have found neuro biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease that can help create the next generation of “smart” deep brain stimulators, able to respond to sp... Read more
Device Also Can Serve as Robotic Skin, Relaying Information Back to the User Wearable human-machine interfaces – devices that can collect and store important health information about the wea... Read more
Has your steering wheel been too hot to touch this summer? A new thermoelectric material reported in the journal Science could offer relief. The widespread adoption of thermoelectric devices... Read more
Findings Could Help Seamlessly Integrate Prosthetics A University of Houston engineer is reporting in eNeuro that a brain-computer interface, a form of artificial intelligence, can sense whe... Read more
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... Read more
Work Has Implications for Aircraft, Power Transmission Lines and More Icy weather is blamed for multibillion dollar losses every year in the United States, including delays and damage relate... Read more
Study of Deep Neural Networks Suggests Knowledge Comes Via Sensory Experience As artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, much of the public attention has focused on how successfu... Read more
Catalyst Uses Inexpensive Elements and Could Be Scaled Up for Commercial Use Researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology have reported an inexpensiv... Read more
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... Read more
UH Researchers Discover New Form of Stretchable Electronics, Sensors and Skins A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics tha... Read more
Discovery Has Applications for Eco-Friendly Disposal, Data Security and Healthcare Researchers from the University of Houston and China have reported a new type of electronic device that can... Read more
