Inspired by the behaviour of natural skin, researchers have developed a sensor that will be suitable for use with electronic skin. It can measure changes in body temperature, and react to both sunlight and warm touch.
May 14th, 2019
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A new, inexpensive system for the direct electrochemical extraction of energy from seawater offers the advantage of also being able to handle short spikes in power demand, while maintaining longer term steady power. To do so, the system can autonomously switch between two modes of operation.
May 13th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a novel hybrid-layered architecture to improve the overall photodetection performance of organic phototransistor by simultaneously taking advantages of charge-trapping effect and efficient carrier transport.
May 13th, 2019
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By observing the nanoscopic changes in lipid shells in real time as they are exposed to soundwaves, research has shown that lipid shells are easiest to pop when they're close to melting.
May 13th, 2019
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Mixing two brittle materials to make something flexible defies common sense, but scientists have done just that to make a novel dielectric.
May 10th, 2019
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The smallest pixels yet created - a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold - could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings.
May 10th, 2019
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Tweaking the design of microring sensors enhances their sensitivity without adding more implementation complexity.
May 10th, 2019
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Unexpected result from acoustics experiment could have applications in biomedical and microsystems research.
May 10th, 2019
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Scientists have discovered a new layered ferromagnetic semiconductor, a rare type of material that holds great promise for next-generation electronic technologies.
May 10th, 2019
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Researchers are using zombie-like cells that behave normally on the outside, but are filled with magnetic particles inside, to screen potential drugs from natural products.
May 10th, 2019
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Collaboration between architect and chemical engineer could be at the center of new sustainable infrastructure for buildings.
May 10th, 2019
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Researchers tested the waterproofing by submerging the coated perovskite cells in water and using the harvested solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The coated cells worked underwater for 30 hours - ten hours longer than the previous record.
May 10th, 2019
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Researchers have made an important step on the road to topological quantum computers. Whereas previous experiments in this field have mostly focused on one-dimensional systems, the team succeeded in going to two-dimensional systems.
May 10th, 2019
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Researchers from an international collaboration have succeeded in creating a protein cage - a nanoscale structure that could be used to deliver drugs to specific places of the body - that can be readily assembled and disassembled but that is also extremely durable, withstanding boiling and other extreme conditions.
May 10th, 2019
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New research has identified properties in materials that could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information even after a device has been powered off.
May 9th, 2019
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DNA nanostructures designed for drug delivery remain a technical challenge.
May 9th, 2019
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