Researchers at RIKEN, Japan have created remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with a tiny wireless control module that is powered by a rechargeable battery attached to…
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Researchers Discover a Material With Brain-Like Learning Capabilities
Vanadium Dioxide (VO2), a compound capable of “remembering” the entire history of previous external stimuli. Credit: POWERlab / 2022 EPFL Vanadium Dioxide has the ability…
View More Researchers Discover a Material With Brain-Like Learning CapabilitiesResonant Metasurfaces Offer Exiciting New Possibilities for Quantum Research
Pump photons pass through a resonant metasurface and produce entangled photon pairs at different wavelengths. Credit: Santiago-Cruz et al., Science 377:6609, 991-995 (2022)) Scientists have…
View More Resonant Metasurfaces Offer Exiciting New Possibilities for Quantum ResearchScientists Have Created Microrobots That Can Automatically Brush and Floss Your Teeth
Arranged in bristle-like structures, a robotic microswarm of iron oxide nanoparticles developed by a team from the University of Pennsylvania effectively cleaned plaque from teeth.…
View More Scientists Have Created Microrobots That Can Automatically Brush and Floss Your TeethHighly Sensitive, Mass Producible Organic Photodetectors for Medical Sensors, Fingerprint Recognition
Researchers fabricated green absorbing transparent organic photodetectors that are highly sensitive and compatible with CMOS fabrication methods. They combined one of these green organic photodetectors…
View More Highly Sensitive, Mass Producible Organic Photodetectors for Medical Sensors, Fingerprint RecognitionMIT Scientists Release Open-Source Photorealistic Simulator for Autonomous Driving
A New Concept for Low-Cost Batteries – Made From Inexpensive, Abundant Materials
Researchers have developed a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and inexpensive materials, that could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources…
View More A New Concept for Low-Cost Batteries – Made From Inexpensive, Abundant MaterialsMIT Researchers 3D Print Precise Plasma Sensors for Satellites
MIT researchers have demonstrated a 3D-printed plasma sensor for orbiting spacecraft that works just as well as much more expensive, semiconductor sensors. These durable, precise…
View More MIT Researchers 3D Print Precise Plasma Sensors for SatellitesDiamond Quantum Sensor Measures Currents in the Heart at Millimeter Resolution
Many heart problems, including tachycardia and fibrillation, mainly originate from imperfections in the way electric currents propagate through the heart. Unfortunately, it is difficult for…
View More Diamond Quantum Sensor Measures Currents in the Heart at Millimeter ResolutionScientists Develop a More Environmentally Friendly Air Conditioner
Scientists have developed a more environmentally friendly prototype device that could someday replace existing air conditioners. Summer is in full swing in the United States,…
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