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Cell-sized robots can sense their environment

26.07.2018 | MIT | web.mit.edu

Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks. These devices, which are about the size of a…

Cell-sized robots can sense their environment

Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light

24.07.2018 | Tufts University | www.tufts.edu

Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising the possibility that these materials…

Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light

Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

20.07.2018 | Purdue University | www.purdue.edu

Purdue researchers have developed a new technique that prints metals like newspapers, making them smoother and more flexible for better current flow throughout a metallic circuit. Future ultrafast…

Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home

18.07.2018 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

Along a quiet residential street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black cube about the size of a small washing machine trundles leisurely to its destination.

In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home

Latin America's largest solar park turns Mexican desert green

16.07.2018 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

This silent stretch of Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico in the state of Coahuila is the spot the Italian energy giant Enel picked to build the Villanueva power plant: 2.3 million solar panels…

Latin America's largest solar park turns Mexican desert green

First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology

13.07.2018 | CERN | home.cern

What if, instead of a black and white X-ray picture, a doctor of a cancer patient had access to colour images identifying the tissues being scanned? This colour X-ray imaging technique could produce…

First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology

A step closer to single-atom data storage

11.07.2018 | EPFL | www.epfl.ch/index.en.html

Despite the rise of solid-state drives, magnetic storage devices such as conventional hard drives and magnetic tapes are still very common. But as our data-storage needs are increasing at a rate of…

A step closer to single-atom data storage

New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency

09.07.2018 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Photovoltaics are a mainstay of renewable-energy supply systems, and sunlight is abundantly available worldwide – but not around the clock. One solution for dealing with this fluctuating power…

New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency

Bacteria-powered solar cell converts light to energy, even under overcast skies

06.07.2018 | UBC | www.ubc.ca

UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy. Their cell generated a current stronger than any previously recorded from such a…

Bacteria-powered solar cell converts light to energy, even under overcast skies

Material could help windows both power your home and control its temperature

04.07.2018 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

Environmentally friendly building trends have boosted the popularity of window coatings that keep heating and cooling costs down by blocking out unneeded parts of sunlight. They have also inspired…

Material could help windows both power your home and control its temperature

Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore underwater environments

03.07.2018 | SEAS | www.seas.harvard.edu

In nature, cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 30 minutes. Now, a robotic cockroach can do even better. Harvard’s Ambulatory Microrobot, known as HAMR, can walk on land, swim on the surface…

Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore underwater environments

New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof

02.07.2018 | MIT | web.mit.edu

Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional water-repellent coatings have been shown to persist in the environment and accumulate in our…

New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof

Self-heating, fast-charging battery makes electric vehicles climate-immune

30.06.2018 | Pennsylvania State University | www.psu.edu

Conventional lithium-ion batteries cannot be rapidly charged at temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, but now a team of Penn State engineers has created a battery that can self-heat, allowing…

Self-heating, fast-charging battery makes electric vehicles climate-immune

Researchers Solve Major Challenge in Mass Production of Low-Cost Solar Cells

22.06.2018 | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | engineering.nyu.edu

An international team of university researchers today reports solving a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells — the intriguing potential challengers to silicon-based solar cells.

Researchers Solve Major Challenge in Mass Production of Low-Cost Solar Cells

Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate

20.06.2018 | MIT | web.mit.edu

Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption.

Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate

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Cell-sized robots can sense their environment

Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light

Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home

Latin America's largest solar park turns Mexican desert green

First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology

A step closer to single-atom data storage

New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency

Bacteria-powered solar cell converts light to energy, even under overcast skies

Material could help windows both power your home and control its temperature

Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore underwater environments

New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof

Self-heating, fast-charging battery makes electric vehicles climate-immune

Researchers Solve Major Challenge in Mass Production of Low-Cost Solar Cells

Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate