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Lab scientists explore electronic properties of liquid electrolytes for energy technologies

“Liquid electrolytes are essential components in a variety of emerging energy technologies, including batteries, supercapacitors and solar-to-fuel devices. “To predict and optimize the performance of these devices, a detailed understanding of the electrolytes, particularly their electronic properties such as the …

Lawrence Livermore unveils ‘heart-on-a-chip’

“Prescription drugs have enabled millions of Americans with chronic medical conditions to live longer and more fulfilling lives, but many promising new drugs never make it to the human trials stage due to the potential for cardiac toxicity. Through “heart-on-a-chip …

Lawrence Livermore team improves 3-D-printed graphene aerogel supercapacitors

“Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers, along with a team from UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), have devised a method for doubling the performance of 3-D-printed graphene-based supercapacitors. The method, which involves sandwiching lithium ion and perchlorate ion between layers of …

3-D printed polymer turns methane to methanol

“Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have combined biology and 3-D printing to create the first reactor that can continuously produce methanol from methane at room temperature and pressure. The team removed enzymes from methanotrophs, bacteria that eat methane, and mixed …

Lawrence Livermore and IBM collaborate to build new brain-inspired supercomputer

“Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced it will receive a first-of-a-kind brain-inspired supercomputing platform for deep learning developed by (link is external)IBM Research (link is external). Based on a breakthrough neurosynaptic computer chip called IBM TrueNorth, the scalable …