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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Consumers are looking for augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) glasses that are compact and easy to wear, delivering high-quality imagery with socially acceptable optics that...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have developed technology to produce next-generation composite glass for lighting LEDs and smartphone, television, and computer screens. The technology was a step forward in perovskite...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Optical limiting — a manner of telecom switching without the use of electronics — is an all-optical method that could improve the speed and capacity of Internet communications. A...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new composition of germanosili-cate glass created by adding zinc oxide has properties good for lens applications. The new family of zinc germanosilicate glass has a high refractive index comparable to...
Briefs: Power
Decreasing Anode Corrosion in Metal-Air Batteries
Metal-air batteries can be used in a variety of applications ranging from range extenders for electric vehicles to emergency power systems. Metal-sea-water batteries are primarily used for underwater applications ranging from torpedoes to underwater unmanned vehicles. A team of researchers at the...
Briefs: Transportation
Electrification of the transportation sector is critical to future energy and environmental resilience and will require high-power fuel cells (either standalone or in conjunction with batteries) to...
Briefs: Transportation
Electric vehicle batteries typically require a tradeoff between safety and energy density. If the battery has high energy and power density — required for uphill driving or merging on the...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Wearable electronic components incorporated directly into fabrics have been developed that could be used for flexible circuits, healthcare monitoring, energy conversion, and other applications. Graphene...
Briefs: Materials
Many technical processes only use part of the energy consumed. The remaining fraction leaves the system in the form of waste heat. Frequently, this heat is released into the...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
3D nanometer-scale metamaterial structures hold promise for advanced optical isolators.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Optical Signals can be retrieved from inherent background noise using Talbot effect to amplify them.
Briefs: AR/AI
The highly customizable robotic arm can be twisted and turned in all directions.
Briefs: Motion Control
These materials can detect when they are damaged, take the necessary steps to temporarily heal themselves, and then resume work.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A carbon-based biosensor could drive new innovations in brain-controlled robotics.
Briefs: Motion Control
A new study challenges the conventional approach to designing soft robotics and metamaterials by utilizing the power of computer algorithms.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A hybrid method enables 3D printing of self-powered wearable devices.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Metamaterials that manipulate microwave energy can be fabricated using low-cost inkjet printing.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method prints 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way for 3D electronics.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method fabricates 3D nanostructures for electronics, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Surgeons can use the heart model as a tool for planning and practice.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Making one kilometer of a two-lane road would use up about three million masks.
Briefs: Energy
The method enhances the battery's safety while it is being used, without opening the battery cell.
Briefs: Energy
Pyroelectric energy generates energy from heat that would otherwise be wasted in a catalytic chemical reaction.
Briefs: Materials
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
Briefs: Energy
The material enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles.
Briefs: Energy
The flexible, washable microgrid uses the human body to sustainably power small electronics.
Briefs: Energy
The material improves connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
Briefs: Materials
A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Artificial skin reacts to pain just like real skin, paving the way to better prosthetics, robotics, and noninvasive alternatives to skin grafts.
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