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Powering the Future: A Q&A with Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy on Green Energy, Resilience, and Supercapatteries
30 May, 2025
Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy, PhD researcher in the EU-funded TRANSLATE project, is pioneering dual-function electrodes that can both convert and store energy. In this interview, she shares her journey from India to Ireland, the challenges she’s faced in the lab, her drive for sustainable materials, and her vision for a battery-powered future that’s greener, faster, and ethically grounded.
Innovation in Waste Heat Recovery: Prof. Steffen Hardt’s Story in TRANSLATE
28 April, 2025
Discover how Professor Steffen Hardt and the TRANSLATE team are advancing waste heat recovery through groundbreaking nanoscale fluid dynamics. Featured on Deepsync, this story highlights the challenges, breakthroughs, and cross-border collaboration driving cleaner, more efficient energy solutions.
Nanowood: A Simple Approach to a Complex Nanomaterial
3 March, 2025
The UCC TRANSLATE team has developed nanowood, a natural nanofluidic membrane created by removing lignin from wood using household bleach. This simple yet effective process produces well-aligned nanochannels that exhibit key nanofluidic properties, such as ion-selective transport. Nanowood offers a sustainable, low-cost platform for studying nanofluidics, making nanoscale research more accessible. Its potential applications range from energy harvesting to filtration and sensing.
TRANSLATE’s 2024: Innovation and Collaboration
30 January, 2025
From award-winning research to insightful presentations, 2024 was a remarkable year for TRANSLATE. Our team participated in leading international conferences, sharing innovative advancements in energy storage, thermoelectrics, and nanomaterials. Join us as we reflect on a year of collaboration, discovery, and progress toward sustainable energy solutions.
Translate Project Newsletters
TRANSLATE Newsletter Issue 3
9 July, 2024
TRANSLATE's third newsletter is out summarising progress and achievements of our team in the last 12 months.
TRANSLATE Newsletter Issue 2
6 July, 2023
TRANSLATE's second annual newsletter.
TRANSLATE Newsletter Issue 1
22 June, 2022
TRANSLATE's first annual newsletter, one year on from our project kick-off.
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