Engineering
As necessary as cooling technologies are, we're still operating on an outdated technology that can be considered a significant contributor to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, vapor compression cycle-based ...
Jul 19, 2023
0
36
Engineering
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team has, for the first time, synthesized a thin film of a unique topological semimetal material that has the potential to generate more computing power and memory storage while using ...
Jul 13, 2023
0
60
Energy & Green Tech
An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. Scientists at ...
Jun 28, 2023
0
54
Robotics
Most robotic grippers are made using either soft plastics—to pick up objects without damaging them—that melt at high temperatures, or metals which are stiff and costly. A team of researchers from the National University ...
Jun 28, 2023
0
83
Energy & Green Tech
Cambridge scientists have set out principles for how computational science—which powers discoveries from unveiling the mysteries of the universe to developing treatments to fight cancer to improving our understanding of ...
Jun 26, 2023
1
28
Electronics & Semiconductors
An international research group has engineered a new energy-generating device by combining piezoelectric composites with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), a commonly used material that is both light and strong. The ...
Jun 15, 2023
0
969
Energy & Green Tech
Metals are typically used as active materials for negative electrodes in batteries. Recently, redox-active organic molecules, such as quinone- and amine-based molecules, have been used as negative electrodes in rechargeable ...
Jun 12, 2023
0
542
Computer Sciences
Socrates once said, "It is not the size of a thing, but the quality that truly matters. For it is in the nature of substance, not its volume, that true value is found."
Jun 5, 2023
0
38
Engineering
Recently, flexible optical waveguides made from elastic polymer have been intensively explored due to their excellent physiomechanical properties and sensing performance together with low cost, reliability and potential for ...
May 11, 2023
0
6
Robotics
Artificial muscles are a progressing technology that could one day enable robots to function like living organisms. Such muscles open up new possibilities for how robots can shape the world around us; from assistive wearable ...
Mar 22, 2023
0
45
