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Energy & Green Tech
A heteropoly acid negolyte that could enhance the performance of aqueous redox flow batteries at low temperatures
In recent years, engineers have been developing a wide range of new battery technologies and solutions. One of these are redox flow batteries, devices that can store electrochemical energy by converting chemical energy into ...
May 27, 2022
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Engineering
Biomedical engineers design drug-delivery solution for low-resource settings
Administering medications to children poses unique challenges, especially in resource-limited countries with high infant and child mortality rates. Many drugs are solids or tablets, which are not easily swallowed by children ...
May 27, 2022
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Security
There are systems 'guarding' your data in cyberspace, but who is guarding the guards?
We use internet-connected devices to access our bank accounts, keep our transport systems moving, communicate with our colleagues, listen to music, undertake commercially sensitive tasks—and order pizza. Digital security ...
May 27, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Novel scheme for logic operations running at 1 Tb/s
Due to their unique capabilities for implementing all-optical logic gates, quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers (QD-SOAs) can help to cope with the vast information capacity in modern telecommunication networks.
May 27, 2022
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Engineering
Self-sensing artificial muscle-based on liquid crystal elastomer and low-melting point alloys
Materials scientists and bioengineers at the intersection of regenerative medicine and bioinspired materials seek to develop shape-programmable artificial muscles with self-sensing capabilities for applications in medicine. ...
May 26, 2022 feature
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Engineering
Newly developed algorithms raise the bar for autonomous underwater imaging
Tests conducted by Cornell and the U.S. Navy have used new algorithms to outperform state-of-the-art programming for autonomous underwater sonar imaging, significantly improving the speed and accuracy for identifying objects ...
May 26, 2022
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Robotics
Team develops mechanism to control actuation, cooling and energy conversion for soft robotics
The shape memory polymers known as liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are increasingly popular for uses in soft robotics, haptics, and wearable computing. Functioning as actuators, they can allow materials to contract, expand, ...
May 26, 2022
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Engineering
Using flash heating to recycle automotive components into high-value graphene
Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts from "end-of-life" vehicles into graphene via the university's flash Joule heating process.
May 26, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Autonomous vehicles can be tricked into dangerous driving behavior
When a driverless car is in motion, one faulty decision by its collision-avoidance system can lead to disaster, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified another possible risk: Autonomous vehicles ...
May 26, 2022
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Internet
Paper reveals a quarter of the world's internet users rely on infrastructure that is susceptible to attacks
About a quarter of the world's internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk countries are located in the Global ...
May 26, 2022
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Engineering
Method for underwater acoustic positioning may help submersibles navigate more safely in shallow water
From large-scale submarines to solo divers, safe passage through shallow waters represents a common navigational challenge. But recently, researchers from Japan have achieved centimeter-scale accuracy in the acoustic positioning ...
May 26, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Data ethicist cautions against overreliance on algorithms
Pigeons can quickly be trained to detect cancerous masses on X-ray scans. So can computer algorithms.
May 26, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Is diversity the key to collaboration? New AI research suggests so
As artificial intelligence gets better at performing tasks once solely in the hands of humans, like driving cars, many see teaming intelligence as a next frontier. In this future, humans and AI are true partners in high-stakes ...
May 26, 2022
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