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'Cold' manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have been a staple in device manufacturing for years, but the liquid electrolytes they rely on to function are quite unstable, leading to fire hazards and safety concerns. Now, researchers at Penn State ...
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Combining electrical and force signals boosts prosthetic hand accuracy
Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. The work, published April 10 ...
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Aerial robots offer safer, more sustainable construction methods
New research led by Imperial College London and co-authored by the University of Bristol, has revealed that aerial robotics could provide wide-ranging benefits to the safety, sustainability and scale of construction.
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Simulations and diagnostics shed light on complex physics of hypersonic flight
Aerospace engineering has always had a preoccupation with speed. Now researchers at the University of Cincinnati are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, practical, reliable and safe at five times the speed of sound, ...
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Magnetic 'metabot' can expand, assume new shapes, and move like a robot—but without motor or internal gears
In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely ...
Apr 23, 2025
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From beam to battery: Single-step laser printing supercharges high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
A research team has developed an innovative single-step laser printing technique to accelerate the manufacturing of lithium-sulfur batteries. Integrating the commonly time-consuming active materials synthesis and cathode ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Engineered metamaterial achieves both high strength and remarkable flexibility
In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been "stronger is better." Metamaterials are synthetic materials with microscopic structures that give the overall material exceptional properties. A huge focus has been ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Designing long-duration toxin sensors
Imagine a smoke detector that, instead of warning residents of smoke before a fire engulfs their home, is placed in mass-transit locations to alert travelers and first responders to hazardous chemicals in the air.
Apr 23, 2025
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Sunlight and sugarcane waste power hydrogen production at rate four times higher than commercialization benchmark
A technology for hydrogen (H2) production has been developed by a team of researchers led by Professors Seungho Cho and Kwanyong Seo from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST, in collaboration with Professor ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Transforming flat-to-shape objects using sewing technology
Researchers from the Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Robotics Institute (RI) at Carnegie Mellon University introduced a novel method for fabricating functional flat-to-shape objects using a computer-controlled ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Agrivoltaics study reveals potential solution to land competition between agriculture and solar energy
Can agriculture and solar energy work together instead of competing? A study led by Maddalena Curioni, Nikolas Galli, Giampaolo Manzolini and Maria Cristina Rulli, researchers in the Department of Civil and Environmental ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Embedded smart trackers boost security for radioactive shipments
Every day, cancer patients visit medical facilities for treatments to lessen or alleviate the destructive illness. Treatments often include radioisotopes and other radioactive materials that target and destroy cancer cells ...
Apr 22, 2025
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All models are wrong—a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful
Nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had just opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. In a now infamous failure, in the face of moderate winds the morning of Nov. 7, 1940, ...
Apr 21, 2025
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Perovskite solar modules show year-long outdoor durability
Perovskite photovoltaics (PV) are poised at the brink of commercialization, yet stability remains the foremost hurdle to overcome for widespread adoption. While extensive research has addressed the degradation of perovskite ...
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Eco-voxels: Researchers pioneer reconfigurable building blocks for Earth and off-world construction
For centuries, innovations in structural materials have prioritized strength and durability—often at a steep environmental price. Today, the construction industry accounts for approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Flexible tandem solar cells achieve 24.6% efficiency and withstand 3,000 bends in new study
Chinese scientists have found a way to make flexible tandem solar cells more efficient and durable by enhancing the adhesion of top layers to the bottom layers of the cell.
Apr 18, 2025
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NASA calibrates second shock-sensing probe for X-59 testing
When you're testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data—but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they're fixed. Unless you have a backup. That's ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Robotics
Finger-shaped tactile sensor advances robotic touch with multi-directional force detection and material identification
The development of increasingly sophisticated sensors can facilitate the advancement of various technologies, including robots, security systems, virtual reality (VR) equipment and sophisticated prosthetics. Multimodal tactile ...
Robotics
Giving quadcopter drones the ability to carry out precise flight maneuvers autonomously
A team of cyber-systems researchers, engineers, optical specialists and roboticists at Zhejiang University, in China, has developed a navigation system for quadcopter drones that gives them the ability to carry out precise ...
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New wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status
Dehydration can sneak up on you. Whether you're out jogging or sitting at a desk, it's easy to lose track of your fluid intake. But a new, tiny sweat sensor may soon solve this problem. Designed by UC Berkeley researchers, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Scientists discover pioneering technique to accelerate accurate quantum measurements
Researchers have developed a new way to speed up quantum measurements, a vital building block for the next generation of quantum technologies.
Apr 17, 2025
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Additively manufactured heat exchanger beats out traditional designs
Billions of heat exchangers are in use around the world. These devices, whose purpose is to transfer heat between fluids, are ubiquitous across many commonplace applications: they appear in HVAC systems, refrigerators, cars, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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What keeps alternating current in sync when large power generators go offline?
In the future, Europe is to be dominantly powered by renewable energy. The expansion of wind and solar power capacity and the provision of sufficient power in winter are just two of the challenges that this presents.
Apr 17, 2025
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Advanced microelectronics: Why a next-gen semiconductor doesn't fall to pieces
A new class of semiconductors that can store information in electric fields could enable computers that run on less power, sensors with quantum precision, and the conversion of signals between electrical, optical and acoustic ...
Apr 16, 2025
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