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CSAIL robot disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank

29.06.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

With every droplet that we can’t see, touch, or feel dispersed into the air, the threat of spreading Covid-19 persists. It’s become increasingly critical to keep these heavy droplets from lingering —…

CSAIL robot disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank

New thin-film technology uses sustainable components for solar panels

26.06.2020 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Commercialized thin-film solar panels on the market consist of rare-earth elements like indium and gallium, or highly toxic metals like cadmium. Both of these thin-film solar panel types have their…

New thin-film technology uses sustainable components for solar panels

Device That Monitors Your Health Through Biomarkers in Sweat

24.06.2020 | Science Times | www.sciencetimes.com

A collaborative team of researchers from Penn State and Xiangtan University have devised a health monitor for the body using a person's sweat. The simple device is a patch applied to the skin,…

Device That Monitors Your Health Through Biomarkers in Sweat

Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component

19.06.2020 | Brown University | www.brown.edu

A team of Brown University researchers has found a way to double the toughness of a ceramic material used to make solid-state lithium ion batteries. The strategy, described in the journal Matter,…

Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component

Open-source, low-cost, quadruped robot makes sophisticated robotics available to all

17.06.2020 | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | engineering.nyu.edu

Robots capable of the sophisticated motions that define advanced physical actions like walking, jumping, and navigating terrain can cost $50,000 or more, making real-world experimentation…

Open-source, low-cost, quadruped robot makes sophisticated robotics available to all

Saudi scientists have created spherical solar panels

15.06.2020 | Archyde | www.archyde.com

The main source of energy for most spacecraft is the sun. However, to effectively collect its rays, satellites must possess not only large-area photoelectric converters, but also with special…

Saudi scientists have created spherical solar panels

Ultra-thin camera lenses could see the light of day

12.06.2020 | Chalmers University of Technology | www.chalmers.se/en

In the future, camera lenses could be thousands of times thinner and significantly less resource-intensive to manufacture. Researchers from Chalmers now present a new technology for making the…

Ultra-thin camera lenses could see the light of day

Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells

10.06.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of light-emitting devices and other thin-film…

Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells

Human hair used to make flexible displays for smart devices

08.06.2020 | Queensland University of Technology | www.qut.edu.au

Researchers from Queensland University of Technology have developed a method of turning the small hair strands into carbon nanodots, which are tiny, uniform dots that are one-millionth of a…

Human hair used to make flexible displays for smart devices

Researchers Take a Cue from Nature to Create Bulletproof Coatings

05.06.2020 | University of Houston | www.uh.edu

Shrimp, lobsters and mushrooms may not seem like great tools for the battlefield, but three engineers from the University of Houston are using chitin – a derivative of glucose found in the cellular…

Researchers Take a Cue from Nature to Create Bulletproof Coatings

New electrocatalysts to produce ethanol more efficiently

03.06.2020 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

In recent years, researchers worldwide have been exploring new methods of producing ethanol, a chemical compound that is extensively used in a variety of industrial settings. One way to produce this…

New electrocatalysts to produce ethanol more efficiently

Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

01.06.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

The fast and efficient generation of random numbers has long been an important challenge. For centuries, games of chance have relied on the roll of a die, the flip of a coin, or the shuffling of…

Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

IU Researchers Identify Fabric That Kills Coronaviruses

29.05.2020 | Indiana University | www.iu.edu

Face masks help limit the spread of COVID-19 and are currently recommended by governments worldwide. Now, engineers at Indiana University demonstrate for the first time that a fabric generating a…

IU Researchers Identify Fabric That Kills Coronaviruses

Building blocks for ‘green’ construction

26.05.2020 | Flinders University | www.flinders.edu.au

Revolutionary ‘green’ types of bricks and construction materials could be made from recycled PVC, waste plant fibres or sand with the help of a remarkable new kind of rubber polymer discovered by…

Building blocks for ‘green’ construction

A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes

22.05.2020 | Science News | www.sciencenews.org

Scientists can’t yet rebuild someone with bionic body parts. They don’t have the technology. But a new artificial eye brings cyborgs one step closer to reality. This device, which mimics the human…

A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes

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CSAIL robot disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank

New thin-film technology uses sustainable components for solar panels

Device That Monitors Your Health Through Biomarkers in Sweat

Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component

Open-source, low-cost, quadruped robot makes sophisticated robotics available to all

Saudi scientists have created spherical solar panels

Ultra-thin camera lenses could see the light of day

Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells

Human hair used to make flexible displays for smart devices

Researchers Take a Cue from Nature to Create Bulletproof Coatings

New electrocatalysts to produce ethanol more efficiently

Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

IU Researchers Identify Fabric That Kills Coronaviruses

Building blocks for ‘green’ construction

A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes

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