Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland. The global team of researchers,…
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5D Optical Storage: High-Speed Laser Writing Could Pack 500 Terabytes Into CD-Sized Glass Disc
Researchers developed a new fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing nanostructures in silica glass. They used the method to record 6 GB data in…
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A memory chip was made of transistors with carbon nanotubes that maintained their electrical properties and memory after being bombarded by high amounts of radiation.…
View More Carbon Nanotubes Could Help Electronics Withstand Outer Space’s Damaging Cosmic RadiationOn-Water Creation of Conducting MOF Nanosheets for Future Sensors and Energy Devices
Simple spreading of droplets containing molecular components on the surface of water leads to spontaneous formation of nanostructures with very high electrical conduction. Credit: Rie…
View More On-Water Creation of Conducting MOF Nanosheets for Future Sensors and Energy DevicesLicking a Tootsie Roll Sensor To Monitor Your Health
An electrode made with a molded Tootsie Roll® and aluminum tubes can help monitor ovulation status and kidney health. Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials…
View More Licking a Tootsie Roll Sensor To Monitor Your HealthAtomic Scale “Lasagna” Controls Heat Flow at the Nanoscale
Heterostructures of atomically thin layers help control heat transfer. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found new ways of controlling how heat flows through thin…
View More Atomic Scale “Lasagna” Controls Heat Flow at the NanoscaleHolistic Optimization: Coupling Power and Hydrogen Sector Pathways To Benefit Decarbonization
An MIT-led research team studied the role and impact of hydrogen-based technology pathways in a future low-carbon, integrated energy system and finds benefits from co-optimizing…
View More Holistic Optimization: Coupling Power and Hydrogen Sector Pathways To Benefit DecarbonizationStretchy, Flexible LEDs – Made With an Inkjet Printer
Junyi Zhao, a PhD candidate in the lab of Chuan Wang, used flexible PeLEDs to show off a little school spirit. Credit: Wustl/Wang Lab Sure,…
View More Stretchy, Flexible LEDs – Made With an Inkjet PrinterShape-Shifting Materials With Infinite Possibilities: Totimorphic Structural Materials Can Achieve Any Shape
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a shape-shifting material that can take and hold any…
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A certain type of artificial intelligence agent can learn the cause-and-effect basis of a navigation task during training. Neural networks can learn to solve all…
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