A method for stabilizing the interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries opens new possibilities. In the endless quest to pack more energy into batteries without increasing…
View More Toward Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries That Pack Twice As Much Energy per PoundCategory: Technologies
Predicting Semiconductor Solar Cell Performance From Terahertz and Microwave Spectroscopy
In the femtosecond laser laboratory of Dr. Dennis Friedrich at HZB, the transport properties of semiconductors can be determined using terahertz or microwave spectroscopy. For…
View More Predicting Semiconductor Solar Cell Performance From Terahertz and Microwave SpectroscopyHarvesting Energy From the Air: Metasurface-Based Antenna Turns Ambient Radio Waves Into Electric Power
Technology could make it possible to use radio emissions from cell phone networks to wirelessly power sensors and LEDs. Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based…
View More Harvesting Energy From the Air: Metasurface-Based Antenna Turns Ambient Radio Waves Into Electric PowerNew Technology for Storing Summer Heat To Use in Winter
Image showing heat loss from a house. New research on thermal energy storage could lead to summer heat being stored for use in winter. Credit:…
View More New Technology for Storing Summer Heat To Use in WinterCan AI Machine-Learning Models Overcome Biased Datasets?
A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report. Artificial intelligence…
View More Can AI Machine-Learning Models Overcome Biased Datasets?“Seeing” Non-Uniformities in 2D Materials May Lead to Tiny New Medical Sensors
A molecule of the cancer medication doxorubicin (foreground), detected using the van der Waals vertical heterostructure biosensor (background). The background is an actual nanoscale scattering…
View More “Seeing” Non-Uniformities in 2D Materials May Lead to Tiny New Medical SensorsEngineers Create Tiny Robot “Bugs” That Can Go Just About Anywhere
Insects inspire tiny robots that can carry out tasks in hard-to-reach spaces and inhospitable environments. University of Pittsburgh Engineers Create Insect-Inspired Robots That Can Monitor…
View More Engineers Create Tiny Robot “Bugs” That Can Go Just About AnywhereHow To Help Humans Understand Robots – To Collaborate Faster and More Effectively
Researchers from MIT and Harvard suggest that applying theories from cognitive science and educational psychology to the area of human-robot interaction can help humans build…
View More How To Help Humans Understand Robots – To Collaborate Faster and More EffectivelyAdversarially Robust: The Benefits of Peripheral Vision for Machines
New research from MIT suggests that a certain type of computer vision model that is trained to be robust to imperceptible noise added to image…
View More Adversarially Robust: The Benefits of Peripheral Vision for MachinesInjecting Fairness Into AI: Machine-Learning Models That Produce Fair Outputs Even When Trained on Unfair Data
A new technique boosts models’ ability to reduce bias, even if the dataset used to train the model is unbalanced. If a machine-learning model is…
View More Injecting Fairness Into AI: Machine-Learning Models That Produce Fair Outputs Even When Trained on Unfair Data