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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Artistic representation of a microdrone with two active light-driven nanomotors between red blood cells. Credit: Thorsten Feichtner A hand-held laser pointer produces no noticeable recoil…
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Researchers at MIT have discovered exactly how the tiny crystalline grains that make up metal form when subjected to an extreme deformation process. This can…
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Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new way to 3D-print glass microstructures, including these 3D printed glass lattices, which are displayed in front of…
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New membrane technology has been developed that allows for more efficient removal of carbon dioxide from mixed gases, such as emissions from power plants. Scientists…
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Synchronized laser pulses (red and blue) generate a burst of real and virtual charge carriers in graphene that are absorbed by gold metal to produce…
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