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Creating artificial 'muscles' for safer, softer robots
Researchers have developed simplified, low-cost soft devices that enable worm-like crawling, bicep-like lifting and more, to make robots safer. [ + ]
Innovative battery design: more energy and less environmental impact
A new electrolyte design for lithium metal batteries could significantly boost the range of electric vehicles. [ + ]
Detecting defects in tomorrow's technology
New research from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has enhanced the understanding of a likely candidate for next-generation computer chips. [ + ]
Can a computer chip have zero energy loss in 1.58 dimensions?
Fractals might solve energy waste in information processing. [ + ]
Controlling electronics with light: the magnetite breakthrough
Researchers have discovered that shining different wavelengths of light on magnetite can change its state, making it more or less conducive to electricity. [ + ]
Novel method to get efficient, environmentally friendly lithium
UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Assistant Professor Chong Liu has discovered the ideal particles for efficiently isolating lithium from seawater, ground water or other dilute sources of the mineral. [ + ]
Electrified charcoal 'sponge' can soak up CO2 directly from the air
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed an economical and efficient method — similar to charging a battery — to create materials for CO2 capture. [ + ]
Iron could be key to less expensive, greener Li-ion batteries
Researchers have demonstrated that iron, instead of cobalt and nickel, can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries. [ + ]
Wearable devices get signal boost from innovative material
Researchers from Rice University have overcome radiofrequency performance challenges in skin-interfaced electronics. [ + ]
Designing safer, higher-performance lithium batteries
Columbia Engineers have used nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to examine lithium metal batteries through a new lens — this could help them design new electrolytes and anode surfaces for high-performance batteries. [ + ]
Bacteria 'nanowires' could help develop green electronics
Filaments engineered by scientists at UNSW Sydney have been shown to produce electricity from moisture in the air. [ + ]
AI chips could get a sense of time
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a memristor with a tunable 'relaxation time' that could reduce AI's energy use by about 90 times. [ + ]
Eco-friendly battery for low-income countries
Able to be used more than 8000 times, this battery has an energy density that is comparable to lead-acid batteries. [ + ]
Recyclable circuit board turns to jelly for disassembly
Researchers have developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. [ + ]
Australia's largest electronics expo returns to Sydney
Electronex, the annual electronics design and assembly expo, will return to Sydney on 19–20 June this year at Rosehill Gardens Event Centre. [ + ]
