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Economics & Business Nov 21, 2019

Exposing office distractions and effects on worker productivity

With seemingly endless emails, phone calls and meetings, it's no secret that working in an office environment can be quite stressful. Understanding how stress manifests by exposing the effects of distractions can help unlock ...

Polymers Nov 15, 2019

Stretchable, self-healing and semiconducting polymer films for electronic skin (e-skin)

Next-generation polymers developed in the lab must become stretchable and self-healing to form novel skin-like sensory devices to meet the demands of futuristic electronic skin applications. Although researchers have made ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 28, 2019

Compact depth sensor inspired by eyes of jumping spiders

For all our technological advances, nothing beats evolution when it comes to research and development. Take jumping spiders. These small arachnids have impressive depth perception despite their tiny brains, allowing them ...

Environment Oct 22, 2019

Children exposed to five times more air pollution on school run

A new King's report has found that London children traveling to primary schools across the capital are five times more exposed to air pollution than at any other time of the day.

Nanomaterials Oct 18, 2019

Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocomposites

Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes ...

Materials Science Oct 14, 2019

Taking 2-D materials to the MAX

Discovered by researchers at Drexel University as electrodes for energy applications, MXenes have become a research focus for KAUST. Husam Alshareef and his team specialize in creating nanomaterials for electronic and energy ...

Materials Science Oct 10, 2019

That new yarn?!—Wearable, washable textile devices are possible with MXene-coated yarns

Producing functional fabrics that perform all the functions we want, while retaining the characteristics of fabric we're accustomed to is no easy task.

Nanophysics Sep 3, 2019

World's smallest accelerometer points to new era in wearables, gaming

In what could be a breakthrough for body sensor and navigation technologies, researchers at KTH have developed the smallest accelerometer yet reported, using the highly conductive nanomaterial, graphene.

Polymers Aug 19, 2019

Highly uniform and low hysteresis pressure sensor to increase practical applicability

Researchers have designed a flexible pressure sensor that is expected to have a much wider applicability. A KAIST research team fabricated a piezoresistive pressure sensor of high uniformity with low hysteresis by chemically ...

Nanophysics Aug 14, 2019

Metal-oxide semiconductor nanomembrane-based multifunctional electronics for wearable-human interfaces

Wearable electronic human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are an emerging class of devices to facilitate human and machine interactions. Advances in electronics, materials and mechanical designs have offered pathways toward commercial ...

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