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Chemistry World Jon Cartwright	Rollerball Writes Electronics Straight to Paper Electronic circuits can be fiddly to make: engineers have to snap components onto a board or etch designs onto a copper surface. Now a US group of researchers has demonstrated that all you really need is a pen and some paper.
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries Chemists in Canada have used a carbon framework to form an electrode in lithium-sulfur batteries that results in charge capacities several times greater than standard lithium ion batteries.
Chemistry World August 8, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Wet batteries power up The performance of water-based lithium-ion batteries has been greatly boosted by removing oxygen from the power cells, report Chinese researchers.
Chemistry World April 7, 2011 Carl Saxton	Power sources get flexible US scientists have designed an ultra-thin, flexible battery with the highest charge capacity reported for thin film cells. The battery can also be charged at a lower voltage than lithium ion batteries.
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Fay Nolan Neylan	Fluoride Shuttle Batteries Lift Off Scientists in Germany say that a rechargeable battery that works on the basis of fluoride transfer between electrodes could have a better storage capacity than current batteries.
Chemistry World September 15, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Super-thin batteries made from paper and algae Although the batteries have lower voltage and power density than conventional batteries, their low cost and flexibility hold great promise for applications where metal-based batteries are impractical.
Chemistry World September 25, 2015 Emma Stoye	3D printer uses gel matrix to tie the knot Researchers have found a way to 3D print 'impossible' shapes -- including a thin tube tied in a knot -- out of soft materials by injecting the inks into a gel that solidifies and traps them in place.
Chemistry World June 25, 2013	Press P to print Much of the headline-grabbing scientific 3D printing has been in biotechnology, where body parts have been printed using biological polymers. But why stop at replacement body parts? Why not go beyond biology and use 3D printing to enhance the human body?
Chemistry World September 8, 2011 David Bradley	Seaweed extract gives lithium batteries a boost An extract from brown algae could give rechargeable lithium-ion batteries a boost by allowing silicon nanopowder to be used as a high-capacity alternative to graphite electrodes.
Chemistry World September 6, 2013 Jeanne Therese Andres	All-in-one 3D printing Imagine printing anything from electronic devices to artificial bones using the same 3D printer. Now, scientists have developed a universal approach for printing materials with easy-to-modify surfaces to eliminate the need for multiple 3D printers.
Chemistry World October 16, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	3D Nanoprinter Makes Oxide Sculptures Researchers have made inks that can print tiny three-dimensional patterns using metal oxides. The inks could allow fast, easy printing of micro-fuel cells, sensors and photonic crystals, the scientists say.
IEEE Spectrum February 2011 Neil Savage	Batteries That Breathe Using oxygen as a cathode could give lithium batteries 10 times the energy
Chemistry World July 28, 2014 Tim Wogan	Better batteries with pure lithium anodes Researchers in the US have developed a coating that could allow next generation batteries to have pure lithium anodes.
Fast Company August 8, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt	Maria StrA mme On Making A Lithium-Ion Battery Using Algae Here comes the next generation of innovators revolutionizing batteries. Maria StrA mme was on the research team that developed a battery using algae.
Chemistry World April 17, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	How to print a crystal in 3D Scientists in the US have devised a method for printing three dimensional models of crystals using a 3D printer, the original CIF file and freely available software that can be run on standard operating systems.
Chemistry World February 15, 2010 Andy Extance	Reversing attraction shrinks car batteries Transforming the most important attractive force acting between molecules into a repulsive one could enable US scientists to nearly halve the size of lithium-ion batteries.
Chemistry World March 31, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Water result for Li battery technology A new approach to alkali batteries, in which the cathode is dissolved in water that flows through the system, could overcome the limitations of currently available batteries
Chemistry World August 10, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Toyota create first magnesium-sulfur rechargeable battery US researchers have demonstrated the first rechargeable battery system using a magnesium anode and sulfur cathode.
Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Tim Wogan	Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium A new rival to the lithium-ion battery has been created that charges in under a minute and still performs almost perfectly after being recharged thousands of times.
Chemistry World May 17, 2013 Jon Cartwright	3D printer churns out bionic ear Engineers in the US have created a bionic ear that can be manufactured using a 3D printer. The device is the first to use 3D printing to interweave electronics and biological tissue, and may pave the way for other bionic implants.
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 Tim Wogan	Disorder opens up battery material field Better lithium-ion batteries that hold more power could be made by introducing disorder into their electrodes -- going against the prevailing wisdom on the best way to improve them.
Chemistry World July 26, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Transparent Lithium Ion Batteries Make Electricity Generating Windows Possible Energy-harvesting windows are a step closer with the development of a transparent lithium ion battery.
Chemistry World January 28, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Better batteries with nano-cables Nano-sized cables made with titanium dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes could hold the key to developing new high-capacity batteries, report chemists in Germany and China.
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Chemistry World December 3, 2013 Emily James	Lithium -- sulfur batteries ready to go the distance A non-stop trip from London to Paris in an eco-friendly car could soon be possible, if powered by the latest lithium -- sulfur battery created by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World July 4, 2014 Jessica Cocker	3D printing cuts fuel cell component costs Researchers in the UK have used 3D printing to cut the cost of manufacturing devices that produce hydrogen fuel by splitting water.
IndustryWeek May 19, 2010	Nanocomposite Materials Offer Battery Boost New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests material could vastly improve performance of lithium-ion batteries for cars and electronics.
Chemistry World February 25, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	Bendy batteries a step closer Scientists from Korea have found that with the use of graphene nanosheets, the fabrication of bendable power sources is possible.
Chemistry World February 23, 2011 Laura Howes	Capsules for safer and more reliable lithium ion batteries Capsules coated onto electrodes could mitigate potential problems with lithium ion batteries by turning the batteries off when they overheat and 'healing' the electrodes when they crack and degrade, according to a researcher in the US.
Chemistry World December 2, 2014 Jennifer Newton	3D nanoprinting pen A pen that performs 3D printing on the nanoscale has been developed by scientists in South Korea.
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 Osman Mohamed	Ultrasound test echoes with battery charge Researchers in the US have shown that ultrasound echoes can indicate density changes to provide a simple and non-invasive method for measuring charge within any battery.
Technology Research News March 26, 2003	On-chip battery debuts Researchers from Hosei University in Japan have taken a big step toward giving nano devices and biochips onboard power supplies.
Chemistry World August 9, 2012 Emma Shiells	3D-printed miniaturised fluidic devices UK scientists have developed 3D printing technology for making miniaturised fluidic reactionware devices that can be used for chemical syntheses, in just a few hours.
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Philip E. Ross	Boeing's Battery Blues Despite fires in the 787's lithium-ion batteries, planes will become more dependent on electricity and batteries
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Chemistry World February 10, 2015 William Bergius	Next generation lithium -- sulfur batteries given DNA boost In a creative application of rational design, scientists in China have turned to nature to help overcome one of the key challenges facing the most probable successor to the lithium ion battery.
Chemistry World September 22, 2014 David Bradley	Molten metal batteries set to store grid power Storing electricity from intermittent, but renewable, sources such as wind and solar power and even from more conventional power stations, could allow national electrical grids to meet demand more consistently.
Chemistry World June 2, 2011 Tamsin Phillips	Swimming with sensors Sensors printed onto the sleeves of wetsuits could alert the wearer to contaminated water. Navy divers could also use the sensors to locate underwater explosives, such as mines.
Popular Mechanics December 20, 2007 Logan Ward	New Nanowire Battery Life Reaches From iPods to Electric Cars Lithium-ion batteries that power most devices may soon be able to hold 10 times as much power.
Chemistry World November 2, 2015 Tim Wogan	New lithium-air battery safe from water damage A lithium-air battery with superior efficiency and stability has been developed by researchers in the UK.
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PC Magazine October 5, 2004 M. David Stone	Dedicated Photo Printers Just two or three years ago, the category of dedicated photo printers included ink jets that could print on plain paper as well as photo paper, but were too slow to put up with for any use but photos.
Chemistry World September 26, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Electric vehicles set to charge ahead 'There is a big effort to improve lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and largely the outcome will be dictated by how the consumer reacts,' says Daniel Abraham, a battery expert at the Argonne National Laboratory in the US.
Chemistry World November 29, 2013 Gareth Davies	Renewables pair up to power tiny generator Tiny generators that harvest light and wind energy together have been developed by scientists in China. This technology works 24 hours a day to generate power and could run sensors or LEDs, or even charge lithium-ion batteries.
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