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New type of electrolyte could enhance supercapacitor performance

19.08.2019 | MIT | www.mit.edu

Supercapacitors, electrical devices that store and release energy, need a layer of electrolyte — an electrically conductive material that can be solid, liquid, or somewhere in between. Now,…

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New type of electrolyte could enhance supercapacitor performance

Exosuit boosts a wearer's endurance while walking and running

16.08.2019 | Harvard University | www.harvard.edu

Scientists at Harvard University developed a new exosuit — a wearable machine that they say can improve a mere mortal's strength and stamina. This new prototype is novel because it improves a wearer…

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Exosuit boosts a wearer's endurance while walking and running

SpaceX’s new test rocket briefly hovers during first free flight

26.07.2019 | The Verge | www.theverge.com

SpaceX launched a test version of its next big rocket from Texas, sending the vehicle hovering in the air for a few seconds before it landed back on the ground. The hardware didn’t get very high, but…

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SpaceX’s new test rocket briefly hovers during first free flight

Customised silicone heart valves

24.07.2019 | ETH Zurich | ethz.ch

Scientists at ETH Zurich and the South African company Strait Access Technologies are using 3D printing to produce custom-made artificial heart valves from silicone. This could help meet an ageing…

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Automated system generates robotic parts

18.07.2019 | MIT | www.mit.edu

An automated system developed by MIT researchers designs and 3-D prints complex robotic parts called actuators that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications. In short, the…

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Automated system generates robotic parts

Sheaths Become Mighty New Layer in Research Team’s Artificial Muscles

12.07.2019 | University of Texas in Dallas | www.utdallas.edu

Over the last 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international colleagues have invented several types of strong, powerful artificial muscles using materials ranging…

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Sheaths Become Mighty New Layer in Research Team’s Artificial Muscles

Light-sensing system could show distant galaxies in unprecedented detail

10.07.2019 | UCLA | www.ucla.edu

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed an ultra-sensitive light-detecting system that could enable astronomers to view galaxies, stars and planetary systems in superb…

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Light-sensing system could show distant galaxies in unprecedented detail

Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors

05.07.2019 | University of Chicago | www.uchicago.edu

Every type of atom in the universe has a unique fingerprint: It only absorbs or emits light at the particular energies that match the allowed orbits of its electrons. That fingerprint enables…

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Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors

New property of light discovered

01.07.2019 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Spain and the U.S. has announced that they have discovered a new property of light—self-torque. In their paper published in the journal…

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Artificial intelligence controls robotic arm to pack boxes and cut costs

27.06.2019 | TechXplore | www.techxplore.com

Rutgers computer scientists used artificial intelligence to control a robotic arm that provides a more efficient way to pack boxes, saving businesses time and money.

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