Researchers create world’s most power-efficient high-speed ADC microchip
To meet soaring demand for lightning-quick mobile technology, each year tech giants create faster, more powerful devices with longer-lasting battery power than previous models.
A...
New ultra-sensitive light detector gives self-driving device a jolt
Realizing the potential of self-driving cars hinges on technology that can quickly sense and react to obstacles and other vehicles in real time.
Engineers from...
How a tougher skin could change the shape of stealth aircraft
Stealth fighters and bombers are among the most expensive aircraft in the world, and they rely on a radar-absorbent polymer skin to avoid detection.
But...
Scientists find safer, greener way to make solar cells
Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the toxic, unsustainable solvents currently needed to make the...
New interface turns handwriting brain signals into text for the first time
For the first time scientists have used an implanted sensor to record brain signals associated with handwriting and used those signals to create text...
Scientists develop new long-lasting, stable solid-state lithium battery
Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today's lithium-ion batteries fall short of what's needed.
They're too heavy,...
Scientists develop new long-lasting, stable solid-state lithium battery
Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today's lithium-ion batteries fall short of what's needed.
They're too heavy,...
Why perovskite solar cells tend to segregate under the influence of light
Solar cells made of perovskite are cheap, easy to produce, and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells.
However, perovskite...
This nano-sized iconic tower has 161 steps, 21 bells
Twenty-four years ago, physics professor Harold Craighead and then-doctoral student Dustin Carr created the world’s smallest guitar using cutting-edge technology in what was then...
This robot could help you untangle your hair
With rapidly growing demands on health care systems, nurses typically spend 18 to 40 percent of their time performing direct patient care tasks, oftentimes...