The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ...
A multinational research team, including engineers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University, has developed a breakthrough in miniaturized spectrometer technology that could dramatically expand the accessibility ...
For decades, scientists have looked to light as a way to speed up computing. Photonic neural networks鈥攕ystems that use light instead of electricity to process information鈥攑romise faster speeds and lower energy use than ...
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for wearable electronics, sensors and other electrical applications. The material, a so-called ferroelectric ...
How does a cloud stay cool under direct sunlight鈥攐r seem to vanish in infrared? In nature, phenomena like white cumulus clouds, gray storm systems, and even the hollow hairs of polar bears offer remarkable lessons in balancing ...
A team of researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia institute and Universit脿 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has unveiled a new class of gas sensors based on MINT-functionalized carbon nanotubes, offering unprecedented precision in detecting ...
A research team led by SUTD has created nanoscale glass structures with near-perfect reflectance, overturning long-held assumptions about what low-index materials can do in photonics.
Taking a cue from ocean-dwelling species, University of Nebraska鈥揕incoln researchers are developing synthetic skins that will support the emergence of next-generation "soft" machines, robots and other devices.
Researchers at Boise State University have developed a novel, environmentally friendly triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that is fully printed and capable of harvesting biomechanical and environmental energy while also functioning ...
Researchers at Boise State University have developed a stable, high-performance Ti3C2Tx MXene ink formulation optimized for aerosol jet printing鈥攑aving the way for scalable manufacturing of micro-supercapacitors, sensors, ...
