Engineers create a high performance all-solid-state battery with a pure-silicon anode. Engineers created a new type of battery that weaves two promising battery sub-fields into…
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Artificial neural networks – the heart of reservoir computing – have been greatly simplified. A relatively new type of computing that mimics the way the…
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Google is updating critical features for the millions of drivers who depend on its technology to help them get around. The…
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Credit: Florida Institute of Technology New cybersecurity research from Florida Tech has found that the smartphone companion applications of 16 popular smart home devices contain…
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Wendelstein 7-X stellarator schema. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Stellarators, twisty magnetic devices that aim to harness on Earth the fusion energy that…
View More Harnessing the Power of the Sun on Earth: Major Advance in Stellarator Performance for Fusion Energy
An MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the structure of the lobster’s underbelly, the toughest known hydrogel found in nature. The membrane’s…
View More Blueprint for Robust Artificial Tissues: Synthetic Hydrogel Mimics Lobster Underbelly’s Stretch and Strength
A laser heats up ultra-thin bars of silicon. Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing…
View More Physicists Solve a Perplexing Nano-Scale Mystery That Could Help Prevent Overheating in Electronics
Lab tests show promise for reducing jet noise in commercial and military aviation. Aerospace engineers at the University of Cincinnati and the Naval Research Laboratory…
View More New Engine Design Could Muffle Roar of Fighter Jets – U.S. Navy To Test on F-18 Super Hornets
A 3D microflier sits next to a common ant to show scale. Credit: Northwestern University The size of a grain of sand, dispersed microfliers could…
View More Winged Microchip Is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure – The Size of a Grain of Sand
Rice University graduate student Lauren Taylor shows a shirt with carbon nanotube thread that provides constant monitoring of the wearer’s heart. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University…
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