A Lithium-Ion Battery That Can Stretch and Be Recharged Wirelessly
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a wirelessly rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can stretch up to 300 percent of its original size and still power…
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A New Method for Observing High-Temperature Superconductors
A team of scientists from MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new method to study fluctuating charge-density waves in a superconducting material, possibly…
New Spin Technique Moves Quantum Computers a Step Closer
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology have developed a new method for controlling the coherence of quantum bits, moving a…
Bioengineers Use 3D Printer to Print Ears that Look and Act like Natural Ears
Using 3D printing and injectable gels made of living cells, bioengineers have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear. Cornell…
A Cost-Effective Fabrication Method for Micro-Scale Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Scientists at UCLA have developed a new technique that uses a DVD burner to fabricate micro-scale graphene-based supercapacitors that can charge and discharge a hundred…
Neuroassessment Device Quantitatively Measures Neuromuscular Performance
Researchers at the Wyss Institute have completed the first clinical study of a new rapid neuroassessment device they developed to quantitatively measure neuromuscular performance and…
Scientists Develop Silicon-Based Light-Emitting Diodes (SiLEDs)
Researchers have developed silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs) that have the ability to change color from the deep red down to the yellow-orange spectral region by…
Nano-Machines Recreate Principal Activities of Proteins
Using a high-performance computing infrastructure, a team of researchers developed the first versatile and modular example of a fully artificial protein-mimetic model system that recreates…
Engineers Show Feasibility of Organic Topological Insulators
Engineers at the University of Utah are the first to demonstrate organic topological insulators, organic materials that conduct electricity on their molecular edges, but act…
Combustible Gases Enable Soft Robots to Jump
Using small explosions produced by a mix of methane and oxygen, scientists at Harvard University have developed a soft robot that can leap as much…
New Carbon Films Pave the Way for the Next Generation of Solar Cells
In two newly published studies, Yale researchers detail a cost-effective way to improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells through the use of carbon…
MOF Powered by Sunlight Could Help Drastically Cut Carbon Emissions
Researchers from Monash University and CSIRO have discovered a photosensitive metal-organic framework (MOF) that utilizes sunlight to release large amounts of stored carbon. Emissions from…
New Lithium-Ion Battery Design Uses Silicon Nanoparticles
A team of scientists from the University of Southern California and Zhejiang University in China has developed a new lithium-ion battery that uses silicon nanoparticles…
DARPA Focuses on Behavioral Biometrics to Enhance Cyber Security
DARPA’s Active Authentication program is working to develop behavioral biometrics focused on the user’s cognitive processes to enhance cyber security. In the world of network…
AI Framework Predicts Better Patient Health Care and Reduces Cost
Researchers at Indiana University have shown that an artificial intelligence framework that employs sequential decision-making could reduce healthcare costs by over 50 percent while also…
Layered Oxide Heterostructures Produce Efficient Solar Cells
In a newly published study, an international team of scientists has shown that layered oxide heterostructures can be used to create a new kind of…
Copper Sulfide Could Enable Faster Memory Chips and More Efficient Batteries
A new study from SLAC and Stanford researchers examines the atomic-scale details of how superionic nanoscale materials switch from a state that is poorly conducting…
Synthetic Biology Circuits Perform Logic Functions and Remember the Results
Researchers at MIT have developed new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic. MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not…
