A foldable material that can change size, volume and shape
Imagine a house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch.
Mar 11, 2016
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Engineering
Pressure-driven distillation for fast and selective water purification
Membrane technologies can provide efficient purification of unclear water sources to address a growing water shortage. However, when engineers develop state-of-the-art membranes, they are constrained by a lack of selectivity ...
Energy & Green Tech
Researchers develop viable sodium battery
Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have created a sodium-ion battery that holds as much energy and works as well as some commercial lithium-ion battery chemistries, ...
Jun 1, 2020
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Reorganizing a computer chip: Transistors can now both process and store information
A computer chip processes and stores information using two different devices. If engineers could combine these devices into one or put them next to each other, then there would be more space on a chip, making it faster and ...
Dec 9, 2019
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New 3D-printing method makes printing objects more affordable and eco-friendly
University of Florida engineers have developed a method for 3D printing called vapor-induced phase-separation 3D printing, or VIPS-3DP, to create single-material as well as multi-material objects. The discovery has the potential ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Breakthrough in cathode chemistry clears the path for Li-S batteries' commercial viability
America's growing demand for electric vehicles has shed light on the significant challenge of sustainably sourcing the battery technology necessary for the broad shift to renewable electric and away from fossil fuels. In ...
Feb 10, 2022
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A new elastic polymer dielectric to create wafer-scale stretchable electronics
Over the past few years, material scientists and electronics engineers have been trying to fabricate new flexible inorganic materials to create stretchable and highly performing electronic devices. These devices can be based ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
New transistors integrating high-k perovskite oxides and 2D semiconductors
Over the past decades, electronics engineers and material scientists worldwide have been investigating the potential of various materials for fabricating transistors, devices that amplify or switch electrical signals in electronic ...
Hardware
Hybrid phase-change memristors lead to new computing possibilities
By strategically straining materials that are as thin as a single layer of atoms, University of Rochester scientists have developed a new form of computing memory that is at once fast, dense, and low-power. The researchers ...
Nov 30, 2023
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'Near perfect' control of single atoms is major advance toward quantum computing
A new fabrication process that could be used to build a quantum computer achieves an almost zero failure rate and has the potential to be scaled up, according to new research from engineers and physicists at UCL.
Mar 27, 2024
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