Stanford engineers develop stretchy display for shapable electronics
After discovering a groundbreaking way to create an elastic light-emitting polymer, Stanford chemical engineers have developed high-brightness, stretchy color displays.
No one would ever imagine...
This experiment could confirm the fifth element in the universe
An experiment that could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe - and change physics as we know it - has been...
New chip could help make inexpensive 3D sensors for autonomous cars
When Google unveiled its first autonomous cars in 2010, the spinning cylinder mounted on the roofs really stood out.
It was the vehicle’s light detection...
Scientists develop world’s first power-free frequency tuner
Scientists at University of Oxford and University of Pennsylvania have found a power-free and ultra-fast way of frequency tuning using functional nanowires.
Think of an...
How to sail into interstellar space without melting
In new studies, astronomers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Los Angeles concluded that if spacecraft are to withstand interstellar...
Scientists develop a fabric that could hears your heart’s sounds
Having trouble hearing?
Just turn up your shirt.
That’s the idea behind a new “acoustic fabric” developed by engineers at MIT and collaborators at Rhode Island...
How to clean solar panels without water
Solar power is expected to reach 10 percent of global power generation by the year 2030, and much of that is likely to be...
New Dragonfly telescope is a galactic gas detector
The Dragonfly telescope is undergoing a metamorphosis.
For the past decade, the Dragonfly Telephoto Array — designed by Yale’s Pieter van Dokkum and the University...
New air filters could rapidly kill COVID-19 and other viruses
In a new study from the University of Birmingham, researchers have developed new antimicrobial technology for air filters which can in seconds kill bacteria,...
Researchers find new way to improve solid-state batteries
In the endless quest to pack more energy into batteries without increasing their weight or volume, one especially promising technology is the solid-state battery.
In...