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Research Breakthroughs

Work Resolves Mystery and Offers New Path for Light-Emitting and Other Devices Researchers drew attention three years ago when they reported that a two-dimensional perovskite – a material with a specific crystal structure –…
Researchers Explain Visible Light from 2D Lead Halide Perovskites
ORGANIC CATHODE OFFERS MORE RELIABLE CONTACT WITH ELECTROLYTE, A KEY TO STABILITY Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are far safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their…
Researchers Report High Performance Solid-State Sodium-Ion Battery
Better Understanding Could Lead to New Prevention and Treatment for Birth Defects Soon after conception, an embryo’s circulatory system connects to that of its mother. Complications that occur at this critical time can result in…
Imaging Technology Will Offer New Clues to Embryonic Development
Pump Works Without Moving Parts, Electrical Contacts Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can…
Researchers Report New Light-Activated Micro Pump
Chloride-Free Electrolyte and Organic Cathode Boosted Energy Density, Stability Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy…
Lean Electrolyte Design is a Game-Changer for Magnesium Batteries
Industry Partnership Supports Faster Track to Commercialize Accessible Healthcare Researchers in Houston and elsewhere have shown that robotic systems controlled by the user’s own brain activity can help patients recovering from…
‘Smart’ Robotic System Could Offer Home-Based Rehabilitation
Unlike Most Commercially Available Tests, It Can Detect Levels Below EPA Standards The discovery of lead in Flint, Michigan’s drinking water drew renewed attention to the health risks posed by the metal. Now researchers at the…
Researchers Create Smartphone System to Test for Lead in Water
University of Houston researcher examines skin to predict stress, illness University of Houston electrical engineer Rose T. Faghih has been awarded $175,000 by the National Science Foundation to examine whether wrist-worn…
Wearable Technology to Track Brain, Predict Illness
It’s no secret that data is everywhere today – endless streams of information are constantly being collected through our smartphones and mobile devices, by sensors placed on bridges and in buildings and even through our smart…
UH Engineer Part of Team Awarded $7.5 Million MURI Grant to Analyze Social Behavior and Predict Outcomes
Groundbreaking brain-machine interfacing with prostheses highlighted About 3.5 million people in America are living with some degree of paralysis related to stroke, multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy. Nature magazine this month…
Nature Magazine Features UH Professor’s Work to Address Paralysis
A new Makerspace at the University of Houston Libraries is now open. The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and UH Libraries have partnered to offer the UH community a dedicated space, located on the first floor of…
New Makerspace Now Open at UH Library
Batteries capable of powering the electric vehicles of tomorrow may be available sooner than we think, thanks to more than $5.7 million in seed funding provided through the Department of Energy’s Battery500 consortium. Yan Yao,…
Tomorrow’s Batteries Today: Yan Yao Charges Up Battery Research With DOE Award
UH Engineers Report New Insights into the Brain’s Role in Walking High-tech prosthetics allow amputees to engage more fully in everyday life, even to compete in sporting events. Researchers from the University of Houston have…
Researchers Map Brain Activity to Improve Prosthetic Design
People with a Smartphone and 3-D Printer Could Perform Sophisticated Lab Work Add one more thing to the list of tasks your smartphone can perform. University of Houston researchers have released an open-source dataset offering…
DIY: Scientists Release a How-To for Building a Smartphone Microscope
Saurabh Prasad, Cullen College assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is reporting a breakthrough in image interpretation that could overcome hurdles that prohibit accurate interpretation of imagery data. His…
UH Engineer Changes How We Interpret Geospatial Images
UH Researchers Generate a Liquid Stream with a Pulsed Laser Researchers at the University of Houston were studying the nonlinear transmission of light through an aqueous suspension of gold nanoparticles when they noticed…
Unexpected Discovery Leads to New Theory of Liquid Streaming
Two professors at the UH Cullen College of Engineering have discovered that size is critical to the performance of the monolayers of catalysts, the fundamental substance that speeds up reactions in all industries from…
Engineering Professors Discover Fundamental Effect in Monolayer Catalysts
Nanostructured Cathode, Understanding of New Electrolyte Lead to Greater Efficiency Magnesium batteries offer promise for safely powering modern life – unlike traditional lithium ion batteries, they are not flammable or subject…
Researchers Report Breakthrough in Magnesium Batteries
Researchers Demonstrate Non-Invasive Method Can Help People Re-Learn to Walk Researchers from the University of Houston have shown for the first time that the use of a brain-computer interface augmented with a virtual walking…
Use of Brain-Computer Interface & Virtual Avatar Offers New Hope to Patients with Gait Disabilities
If there were Academy Awards in the field of electrochemical material science, Stanko Brankovic, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Cullen College and past chair of the materials science division of…
Stanko Brankovic Wins Top Award in Field of Chemical Engineering