Using machine learning along with data from wave tank experiments, MIT engineers have found a way to model how waves break. “With this, you could…
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New Low-Cost Battery-Like Device Captures CO2 Emissions While It Charges
The supercapacitor device, which is similar to a rechargeable battery, is about the size of a quarter, and is made in part from sustainable materials…
View More New Low-Cost Battery-Like Device Captures CO2 Emissions While It ChargesNew Algorithm Optimally Divvies up Tasks for Human-Robot Teams
A new algorithmic planner developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute divides up tasks optimally between humans and robots. As robots increasingly join people working…
View More New Algorithm Optimally Divvies up Tasks for Human-Robot TeamsArtificial Intelligence Helps Scale Up Advanced Solar Cell Manufacturing
A type of artificial intelligence called machine learning can help scale up manufacturing of perovskite solar cells. Perovskite materials would be superior to silicon in…
View More Artificial Intelligence Helps Scale Up Advanced Solar Cell ManufacturingCustom Copper “Headphones” Boost Atomic Radio Reception 100x
Copper “headphones” boost the sensitivity of NIST’s atomic radio receiver, which is composed of a gas of cesium atoms prepared in a special state inside…
View More Custom Copper “Headphones” Boost Atomic Radio Reception 100xScientists Develop a New Family of ‘2D’ Materials With Promising Applications
Researchers say the material has promising applications, such as advanced electronics and high-capacity batteries. Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering has created a new…
View More Scientists Develop a New Family of ‘2D’ Materials With Promising ApplicationsCharting a Safe Course for an Autonomous Robot Through a Highly Uncertain Environment
MIT researchers developed a trajectory-planning system for autonomous vehicles that enables them to travel from a starting point to a target location even when there…
View More Charting a Safe Course for an Autonomous Robot Through a Highly Uncertain EnvironmentNoodle-Like Robots Navigate Mazes Without Human or Computer Guidance
Researchers have developed soft robots that are capable of navigating complex environments, such as mazes, without input from humans or computer software. The soft robots…
View More Noodle-Like Robots Navigate Mazes Without Human or Computer GuidanceUnique Quantum Material Could Enable Incredibly Powerful, Ultra-Compact Computers
Spintronic computing artistic concept illustration. University of Washington and Xiaoyang Zhu at Columbia found a link between magnetism and how CrSBr responds to light. In…
View More Unique Quantum Material Could Enable Incredibly Powerful, Ultra-Compact ComputersUltrathin Fuel Cell Generates Electricity From Your Body’s Own Sugar
Silicon chip with 30 individual glucose micro fuel cells, seen as small silver squares inside each gray rectangle. Credit: Kent Dayton Engineers have created a…
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