Year after year, the explosive growth of computing power relies on manufacturers’ ability to fit more and more components into the same amount of space…
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Nanoscale Research Paves Way for “Next-Generation” Li-Ion Batteries
A recent study from Penn Engineering researchers provides new insights into why silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries rapidly degrade and fail. Using advanced imaging techniques…
View More Nanoscale Research Paves Way for “Next-Generation” Li-Ion BatteriesMaking Seawater Drinkable in Minutes: A New Alternative Desalination Membrane
Schematic of co-axial electrospinning device. Credit: Elsevier A new alternative seawater desalination membrane to produce drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, about 785…
View More Making Seawater Drinkable in Minutes: A New Alternative Desalination MembraneGrowing “Metallic Wood” to New Heights: Radically Decreasing a Material’s Density Without Sacrificing Strength
This strip of metallic wood, about an inch long and one-third inch wide, is thinner than household aluminum foil but is supporting more than 50…
View More Growing “Metallic Wood” to New Heights: Radically Decreasing a Material’s Density Without Sacrificing StrengthCreating Precise Colors: New Algorithms Give Digital Images More Realistic Color
The new approach for digitizing color can be applied to cameras, displays and LED lighting. Because the color space studied isn’t device dependent, the same…
View More Creating Precise Colors: New Algorithms Give Digital Images More Realistic ColorA Laser Breakthrough: First Commercially Scalable Integrated Laser and Microcomb on a Single Chip
Artist’s concept illustration of electrically controlled optical frequency combs at wafer scale. Credit: Brian Long Fifteen years ago, UC Santa Barbara electrical and materials professor…
View More A Laser Breakthrough: First Commercially Scalable Integrated Laser and Microcomb on a Single ChipExotic Beetle That Can Survive in Volcanic Areas Inspires New Cooling Materials
A type of beetle capable of regulating its body temperature in some of the hottest places on Earth is the centerpiece of new research with…
View More Exotic Beetle That Can Survive in Volcanic Areas Inspires New Cooling MaterialsMissing Piece Discovered in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing
Jung-Tsung Shen, associate professor in the Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, has developed a deterministic, high-fidelity, two-bit quantum logic gate that takes advantage of…
View More Missing Piece Discovered in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum ComputingNew Imaging Technique Shows How Smartphone Batteries Could Charge in Minutes
Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving in real time as the…
View More New Imaging Technique Shows How Smartphone Batteries Could Charge in MinutesNanowire Network at the “Edge of Chaos” Opens Pathway to Artificial Intelligence Discoveries
An artist’s impression of a neural network (left) next to an optical micrograph of a physical nanowire network. Credit: Adrian Diaz-Alvarez/NIMS Japan (for nanowire image)…
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