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Ending our publishing enterprise

02.02.2022 |

I am sorry to inform our readers, that starting 2022, we have decided to cease publishing our magazines ELEKTRO and SVĚTLO. I would like to thank everyone, that cooperated with us in the 30 years of…

‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

26.11.2021 | University of Cambridge | www.cam.ac.uk

Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water.

‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

Revolution in imaging with neutrons

22.11.2021 | Technical University of Munich | www.frm2.tum.de

An international research team at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new imaging technology. In the future this…

Light-powered catalyst mimics photosynthesis

17.11.2021 | MIT | www.mit.edu

By mimicking photosynthesis, the light-driven process that plants use to produce sugars, MIT researchers have designed a new type of photocatalyst that can absorb light and use it to drive a variety…

Light-powered catalyst mimics photosynthesis

Polymer discovery gives 3D-printed sand super strength

15.11.2021 | ORNL | www.ornl.gov

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing, a 3D-printing method used by…

Polymer discovery gives 3D-printed sand super strength

3D chemistry boosts perovskite efficiency to 23.9%

12.11.2021 | myScience | www.myscience.org

An international collaboration led by EPFL chemical engineers has overcome a problem in the manufacturing of perovskites that reduces their efficiency as solar panels. The approach produced…

3D chemistry boosts perovskite efficiency to 23.9%

Using new quantum computing architectures to create time crystals

10.11.2021 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

UC Berkeley physicist Norman Yao first described five years ago how to make a time crystal—a new form of matter whose patterns repeat in time instead of space. Unlike crystals of emerald or ruby,…

Using new quantum computing architectures to create time crystals

Why Facebook (Or Meta) Is Making Tactile Sensors for Robots

08.11.2021 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

Facebook, or Meta as it's now calling itself for some reason that I don't entirely understand, is today announcing some new tactile sensing hardware for robots. Or, new-ish, at least—there's a…

Why Facebook (Or Meta) Is Making Tactile Sensors for Robots

A system to control robotic arms based on augmented reality and a brain-computer interface

05.11.2021 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

For people with motor impairments or physical disabilities, completing daily tasks and house chores can be incredibly challenging. Recent advancements in robotics, such as brain-controlled robotic…

A system to control robotic arms based on augmented reality and a brain-computer interface

Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans

01.11.2021 | UC Davis | www.ucdavis.edu

Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn't require tomography, a mathematical process used to reconstruct images in CT and…

Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans

Self-driving Roboats, developed at MIT, set sea in Amsterdam canals

29.10.2021 | MIT | www.mit.edu

Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Laboratory, together with Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS…

Self-driving Roboats, developed at MIT, set sea in Amsterdam canals

Teaching Robots To Think Like Us

27.10.2021 | TechiLive | techilive.in

Can intelligence be taught to robots? Advances in physical reservoir computing, a technology that makes sense of brain signals, could contribute to creating artificial intelligence machines that…

Machine learning predicts antibiotic resistance spread

25.10.2021 | Cornell University | www.cornell.edu

Genes aren’t only inherited through birth. Bacteria have the ability to pass genes to each other, or pick them up from their environment, through a process called horizonal gene transfer, which is a…

Machine learning predicts antibiotic resistance spread

World's first smart bandage detects multiple biomarkers for onsite chronic wound monitoring

22.10.2021 | Medical Xpress | www.medicalxpress.com

A research team led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Health Innovation & Technology …

World's first smart bandage detects multiple biomarkers for onsite chronic wound monitoring

New fibers can make breath-regulating garments

18.10.2021 | MIT | www.mit.edu

A new kind of fiber developed by researchers at MIT and in Sweden can be made into clothing that senses how much it is being stretched or compressed, and then provides immediate tactile feedback in…

New fibers can make breath-regulating garments

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