Powerful human-like hands create safer human-robotics interactions
Need a robot with a soft touch? A team of Michigan State University engineers has designed and developed a novel humanoid hand that may be able to help.
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Energy & Green Tech
A look inside a battery
What happens inside a battery at the microscopic level during charging and discharging processes? A team of scientists led by Prof. Dr. Gunther Wittstock of the University of Oldenburg's Chemistry Department recently presented ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Oxygen breathes new life into solar cell research
Scientists in Australia and the United States have been able to 'upconvert' low energy light into high energy light, which can be captured by solar cells, in a new way, with oxygen the surprise secret ingredient. The results ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists boost stability and efficiency of next-gen solar tech
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have created next-generation solar modules with high efficiency and good stability. Made using perovskites, these solar modules can ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Internet
Can't get off of Snapchat or Facebook? Research reveals differences between platforms
You might think social media is addictive, but how do certain platforms measure against one another? Researchers from Michigan State University and California State University-Fullerton conducted the first study comparing ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Battery breakthrough gives boost to electric flight and long-range electric cars
In the pursuit of a rechargeable battery that can power electric vehicles (EVs) for hundreds of miles on a single charge, scientists have endeavored to replace the graphite anodes currently used in EV batteries with lithium ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Floating wind farms: How to make them the future of green electricity
Since 2010, wind energy has seen sustained growth worldwide, with the amount of energy generated by offshore wind increasing by nearly 30% each year. Countries around the world need to ramp up renewable energy supply quickly ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Software
Blueprint for the perfect coronavirus app
Many countries are turning to digital aids to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. ETH researchers are now pointing out the ethical challenges, that need to be taken into account and the issues that need careful consideration ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Robotics
Using drones to reduce disease-spreading mosquito populations
Vector-borne diseases are illnesses that can be transmitted to humans by blood-feeding insects, such as mosquitoes, ticks and fleas. Mosquitoes are known to contribute to the spread of a number of vector-borne diseases, including ...
Security
Expert: COVID-19 is giving cyberattackers an opportunity to hack universities
In July, the University of California, San Francisco paid $1 million to hackers who stole data from the university's School of Medicine and threatened to publish it. Michigan State University and Columbia College Chicago ...
Jul 20, 2020
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