Superior to Human Skin: Scientists Have Artificial Skin With Incredible Sensing Capabilities
Researchers have created an artificial skin that surpasses human skin in its sensitivity to detect pressure applied by an object and its approach. In a…
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Harnessing Plant Molecules To Improve the Efficiency of Solar Panels
Current solar panels are inefficient and contain toxic materials, a different approach that harnesses plant molecules like chlorophyll could lead to improvements. Our current solar…
Nanoparticles Self-Assemble to Create Revolutionary Solar Energy Harvesting Solution
Creating an efficient, cost-effective, and flexible solar energy harvesting design based on self-assembled nanoparticles. Solar-thermal technology is a promising environmentally friendly energy harvesting method with…
New Grasshopper-Like Material Can Leap 200 Times Its Own Thickness
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a new, rubber-like film that can jump high into the air independently, mimicking the motion of…
Wearable Electronics Breakthrough: A Revolutionary Electrochemical Transistor
Efficient, low-cost transistors have a wide range of applications, including biomedical sensing. A multidisciplinary Northwestern University research team has created a groundbreaking transistor that is…
Surpassing All Existing Designs – Researchers Develop High-Voltage Microbattery With Exceptional Energy and Power Density
A persistent technological challenge has been the difficulty in scaling down the electrochemical performance of large-format batteries to smaller, microscale power sources, hindering their ability…
“Transforming Industries” – Light-Based Tech Could Inspire Moon Navigation and Next-Gen Farming
Leading scientists in the field predict that lithium niobate chips, which are extremely thin, will surpass silicon chips in light-based technologies. These chips have a…
The Digital Divide – Why Technology Alone Can’t Solve It
Investigation of a refugee population reveals the influence of additional factors. Despite obtaining computers and fast internet access, certain communities still experience the effects of…
New Way for Extracting Thermal Energy From Low-Temperature Waste Heat Sources
A Chinese research team has developed a new concept for extracting thermal energy from low-temperature waste heat sources and reusing it on demand simply by…
The Future of Error Correction: Taking Advantage of Quantum Scrambling
The randomness in quantum machines helps confirm their accuracy. Quantum computers and other quantum systems experience information spreading and rapid scrambling, similar to the way…
Augmented Reality GPS Navigation in a Smart Contact Lens – Made With 3D Printer!
Core 3D printing process technology for smart contact lenses that can implement augmented reality (AR)-based navigation has been developed by Dr. Seol Seung-Kwon’s Smart 3D…
Accelerating Prime Editing: Machine Learning Helps Design the Best Fix for a Given Genetic Flaw
Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have developed a new tool to predict the chances of successfully inserting a gene-edited sequence of DNA into the…
Just an Ordinary Material? The Last Mysteries of Mica
A well-known mineral is once again the center of attention thanks to applications in electronics: the Vienna University of Technology shows that mica still possesses…
Quantum Breakthrough: A New Method for On-Chip Generation of Single Photon
The Moody Lab has created a novel approach for generating single photons on a chip. The buzz surrounding the future of quantum technology continues to…
High-Tech “Smart Pills” Transform Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders
The ingestible pills utilize magnetic fields to track movement through the Gastrointestinal tract with higher resolution and accuracy. A team of researchers led by Khalil…
Reconfigurable Antenna Merges Mechanical Engineering and Electromagnetics for Next-Generation Technology
Researchers create compliant mechanism-enabled, reconfigurable antenna. Reconfigurable antennas — those that can tune properties like frequency or radiation beams in real-time, from afar — are…
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT’s Stunning Results on the US Medical Licensing Exam
The AI software was able to achieve passing scores for the exam, which usually requires years of medical training. OpenAI’s ChatGPT can score at or…
Revolutionizing the Future of Energy: Advancement in Halide Perovskite Solar Cell Technology
A new type of solar technology has seemed promising in recent years. Halide perovskite solar cells are both high-performing and low-cost for producing electrical energy…
