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Eco-voxels: Researchers pioneer reconfigurable building blocks for Earth and off-world construction
For centuries, innovations in structural materials have prioritized strength and durability—often at a steep environmental price. Today, the construction industry accounts for approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Perovskite solar modules show year-long outdoor durability
Perovskite photovoltaics (PV) are poised at the brink of commercialization, yet stability remains the foremost hurdle to overcome for widespread adoption. While extensive research has addressed the degradation of perovskite ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Flexible tandem solar cells achieve 24.6% efficiency and withstand 3,000 bends in new study
Chinese scientists have found a way to make flexible tandem solar cells more efficient and durable by enhancing the adhesion of top layers to the bottom layers of the cell.
Apr 18, 2025
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NASA calibrates second shock-sensing probe for X-59 testing
When you're testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data—but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they're fixed. Unless you have a backup. That's ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Finger-shaped tactile sensor advances robotic touch with multi-directional force detection and material identification
The development of increasingly sophisticated sensors can facilitate the advancement of various technologies, including robots, security systems, virtual reality (VR) equipment and sophisticated prosthetics. Multimodal tactile ...
Robotics
Giving quadcopter drones the ability to carry out precise flight maneuvers autonomously
A team of cyber-systems researchers, engineers, optical specialists and roboticists at Zhejiang University, in China, has developed a navigation system for quadcopter drones that gives them the ability to carry out precise ...
Apr 17, 2025
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New wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status
Dehydration can sneak up on you. Whether you're out jogging or sitting at a desk, it's easy to lose track of your fluid intake. But a new, tiny sweat sensor may soon solve this problem. Designed by UC Berkeley researchers, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Engineering
Scientists discover pioneering technique to accelerate accurate quantum measurements
Researchers have developed a new way to speed up quantum measurements, a vital building block for the next generation of quantum technologies.
Apr 17, 2025
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Engineering
Additively manufactured heat exchanger beats out traditional designs
Billions of heat exchangers are in use around the world. These devices, whose purpose is to transfer heat between fluids, are ubiquitous across many commonplace applications: they appear in HVAC systems, refrigerators, cars, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Engineering
What keeps alternating current in sync when large power generators go offline?
In the future, Europe is to be dominantly powered by renewable energy. The expansion of wind and solar power capacity and the provision of sufficient power in winter are just two of the challenges that this presents.
Apr 17, 2025
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Advanced microelectronics: Why a next-gen semiconductor doesn't fall to pieces
A new class of semiconductors that can store information in electric fields could enable computers that run on less power, sensors with quantum precision, and the conversion of signals between electrical, optical and acoustic ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Solar cell efficiency record achieved with tin halide perovskite
University of Queensland researchers have set a world record for solar cell efficiency with eco-friendly perovskite technology. A team led by Professor Lianzhou Wang has unveiled a tin halide perovskite (THP) solar cell capable ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Predicting material failure: Machine learning spots early abnormal grain growth signs for safer designs
A team of Lehigh University researchers has successfully predicted abnormal grain growth in simulated polycrystalline materials for the first time—a development that could lead to the creation of stronger, more reliable ...
Apr 16, 2025
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'Hyperadaptor' alloy with stable properties stands strong across extreme temperatures
A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has developed a new alloy that maintains its strength and ductility across extreme temperatures ranging from –196 °C to 600 °C. The findings, which ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Robotics
RoboBee gets crane fly-inspired legs for soft touchdowns
The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land?
Apr 16, 2025
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Engineering
From disorder to order: Zero thermal expansion materials rejuvenate aging batteries
A team of scientists have developed zero thermal expansion (ZTE) materials. This innovation has achieved nearly 100% voltage recovery in aging lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Their study is published in Nature.
Apr 16, 2025
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Engineering
Living fungus-based building material repairs itself for over a month
Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results, published in Cell Reports Physical Science, show that this material—which is manufactured with ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Improving solar cell performance: The impact of Zr alloying on the engineering of BaHfS₃
Lead halide perovskite solar cells (LHPSCs) have rapidly gained prominence in the field of photovoltaics, boasting impressive power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of up to 26.1% in single-junction devices. However, despite ...
Engineering
A recipe for sustainable 3D printing
Preparing a new recipe from a cookbook usually means a trip to the grocery store for fresh ingredients, but a new recipe book created by a postdoctoral fellow at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering calls for ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Concrete in road tunnels decomposes unexpectedly fast
When seawater penetrates concrete in road tunnels, a biofilm is formed that breaks down the concrete. This can lead to high costs and the risk of damage if stone and concrete drop from the tunnel roof. In a new study, led ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Ambisonics algorithm helps create rich virtual soundscapes using a domed array of loudspeakers
Surround-sound speakers can immerse you in a multimedia experience, but what if there was a speaker that could completely re-create a three-dimensional soundscape?
Apr 15, 2025
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Smoothing over rough edges in batteries: Discovery could improve device durability
Texas engineers have discovered a new phenomenon in modern batteries, one that could be used to improve their life cycles.
Apr 15, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
How architecture shapes video game play
When players enter the virtual worlds of video games, they are greeted by complex architectural environments. These virtual spaces do more than serve as mere backdrops for gameplay. The design of buildings, streets and entire ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Engineering
Wearable AI system helps blind people navigate
A wearable system designed to assist navigation for blind and partially sighted people is presented in a study published in Nature Machine Intelligence. This system uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to survey the ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Physics reveals the optimal roof ratios for energy efficiency
While serving as a visiting professor in Benevento, outside Naples, Italy, Adrian Bejan noticed something about the local architecture: All the roofs looked the same. With what seemed like too-shallow peaks on smaller, older ...
Apr 14, 2025
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