MIT SoftZoo: Open-Source Platform Simulates Wildlife for Soft Robotics Designers
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments. Since the term “soft robotics”…
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Charge Migration: Measuring the Speed Inside Molecules
New experimental research for the first time measures the speed of molecular charge migration. Researchers developed a method to measure charge migration speed in molecules,…
Brighter and More Efficient Next-Gen LEDs: Stanford Breakthrough Comes at a Cost
A Molecular Additive Enhances Next-Gen LEDs – But Shortens Their Lifespans By tinkering with the material makeup of perovskite LEDs, a cheaper and more easily…
Shattering Conventional Wisdom – Surprising Discovery Could Transform the Future of Electrochemical Devices
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have unveiled a surprising discovery that holds the potential to reshape the landscape of electrochemical devices. This new insight…
Illuminating the Future: Enhanced Light Absorption in Silicon Photodetectors
Researchers devise an approach to vastly enhance the near-infrared absorption in silicon, which could lead to affordable, high-performance photonic devices. Photonic systems are swiftly gaining…
Quantum Echoes: A Revolutionary Method to Store Information as Sound Waves
Quantum computing, just like traditional computing, requires a method to store the information it uses and processes. In the computer you’re using right now, information—whether…
Defying Kirchhoff: Efficient Energy Harvesting With “Law-Breaking” Device
Scientists have developed a device that can break the principles of Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, disrupting the traditional relationship between absorption and emission efficiencies…
Protons To Power Next-Gen Memory Devices and Neuromorphic Computing Chips
KAUST-led researchers have discovered a proton-mediated method that induces multiple phase transitions in ferroelectric materials, potentially facilitating the development of high-performance, low-power memory devices, and…
Innovative High-Power Thermoelectric Device Poised to Revolutionize Cooling in Next-Generation Electronics
Penn State researchers have created a thermoelectric cooler that significantly improves cooling power and efficiency for future high-power electronics. The device uses half-Heusler alloys and…
MIT’s AI Learns Molecular Language for Rapid Material Development and Drug Discovery
This AI system only needs a small amount of data to predict molecular properties, which could speed up drug discovery and material development. Discovering new…
MIT’s Cybersecurity Metior: A Secret Weapon Against Side-Channel Attacks
MIT’s new system analyzes the likelihood that an attacker could thwart a certain security scheme to steal secret information. Researchers have created a system to…
Optoelectronics Nanotechnology Innovation: MIT Grows Precise Arrays of nanoLEDs
A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices. Researchers at MIT have…
MIT’s AI and Laser Duo Is Shaking Up How We Make Medicine
A collaborative research team from the MIT-Takeda Program combined physics and machine learning to characterize rough particle surfaces in pharmaceutical pills and powders. A team…
4D Printing Reality: Metallic Gel Enables Shape-Shifting and Conductivity in 3D Prints
Scientists have developed a conductive metallic gel for 3D printing solid objects at room temperature. This gel, combining copper particles and an indium-gallium alloy, dries…
Harvard Scientists Control “Points of Darkness” for Remote Sensing and Covert Detection Applications
Two studies report new methods for using metasurfaces to create and control dark areas called “optical singularities.” Optical devices and materials allow scientists and engineers…
Harnessing the Speed of Light: Artificial “Life” Unlocks Photonic Computing Power
Researchers are exploring photonic computing as an alternative to silicon-based technologies due to the difficulties in manufacturing tiny silicon transistors. The never-ending quest for faster,…
Next-Gen Superconducting Diode: Enhancing AI Performance and Quantum Computing Scalability
A team of researchers has developed a high-efficiency superconducting diode with potential applications in scaling up quantum computing and enhancing AI systems. This device can…
3D Printing to the Rescue: Shrinking Vacuum Pumps for Bigger Discoveries
The device would be a key component of a portable mass spectrometer that could help monitor pollutants, perform medical diagnoses in remote areas, or test…
