An ultrathin coating developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers upends a ubiquitous physics phenomenon of materials related to thermal radiation: The hotter an object gets, the b... Read more
Engineers calculate the ultimate potential of next-generation solar panels Most of today’s solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If t... Read more
A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for the millions of people with swallowing disorders is about to be released into the market Georgia A. Malandraki,... Read more
Researchers solve decades-old challenge of building a functional transistor integrated with ferroelectric RAM A computer chip processes and stores information using two different devices. If... Read more
A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology. Solar cells, incorporating the mineral perovskit... Read more
pQuantum computing has the potential to revolutionize technology, medicine, and science by providing faster and more efficient processors, sensors, and communication devices. But transferrin... Read more
Sensor-instrumented glove for prosthetic hand controls has ability to sense pressure, temperature, hydration using electronic chips sending sensory data through wristwatch People with hand a... Read more
New rainproof, stainproof technology turns clothing into self-powered remotes A new addition to your wardrobe may soon help you turn on the lights and music – while also keeping you fresh, d... Read more
Two-qudit gate on a photonic platform achieves massive entangled quantum state Quantum information processing promises to be much faster and more secure than what today’s supercomputers can... Read more
What you do is what the robot does If any factory worker could program low-cost robots, then more factories could actually use robotics to increase worker productivity. This is because worke... Read more
Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds. If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed buildings and other cluttered spaces to find trapped victims. Purdu... Read more
New brain-like networks could help robots approach human-like efficiency at object recognition tasks
Computers and artificial intelligence continue to usher in major changes in the way people shop. It is relatively easy to train a robot’s brain to create a shopping list, but what about ensu... Read more
A world-record result in reducing errors in semiconductor electron ‘spin qubits’, a type of building block for quantum computers, has been achieved using the theoretical work of quantum phys... Read more
