Scientists find a better way to design metal alloys
Advanced metal alloys are essential in key parts of modern life, from cars to satellites, from construction materials to electronics.
But creating new alloys for...
Scientists invent world’s smallest high-performance magnetic tunnel junction
A research group from Tohoku University led by current president Hideo Ohno has developed the world's smallest (2.3 nm) high-performance magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs).
This...
This flexible rechargeable battery is 10 times more powerful than state of the art
A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a five to 10 times greater areal energy density than state...
New way to digitally communicate by simple human touch
Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make a payment, what if you could simply touch the machine with your finger?
A...
New wearable tech could track your blood pressure, heart rate, and more
A shirt that monitors your blood pressure or a pair of socks that can keep track of your cholesterol levels might be just a...
Scientists create world’s smallest memory device
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way...
Scientists develop new printed solid-state batteries
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are widely used in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and grid-scale energy storage systems.
Safety of Li-ion batteries, however, has been called...
New radar helps self-driving cars navigate safely in bad weather
A new kind of radar could make it possible for self-driving cars to navigate safely in bad weather.
Electrical engineers at the University of California...
This stretchable sensor gives robots and VR a human touch
It’s not a stretch to say that stretchable sensors could change the way soft robots function and feel.
In fact, they will be able to...
This wearable sensor could survive washing machine, cars, and hammers
Think about your favorite t-shirt, the one you have worn a hundred times, and all the abuse you've put it through.
You have washed it...