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Tech Xplore / A new self-cleaning salt molecule to improve the performance of lithium metal batteries
Lithium (Li) metal batteries, batteries that contain a metallic Li-based anode, are currently used to power a wide range of electronic devices. Most of these batteries contain carbonate-based electrolytes, which are unable ...
Tech Xplore / Device makes hydrogen from sunlight with record efficiency
Rice University engineers can turn sunlight into hydrogen with record-breaking efficiency thanks to a device that combines next-generation halide perovskite semiconductors with electrocatalysts in a single, durable, cost-effective ...
Tech Xplore / New wearable sensor sets record for solar power efficiency
Sweat, like blood, can tell us a lot about a person's health. And conveniently, it's a lot less invasive to collect. This is the premise behind the wearable sweat sensors developed by Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical ...
Tech Xplore / The present and future of computing get a boost from new research
The world's computing needs have grown exponentially in recent years due to an explosion of technology. To meet the needs for the next technological leap, the scientific community is working to improve current processing ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers build an AI system to identify social norm violations
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has designed an AI system that identifies social norm violations. The project is one of the first to tackle the automatic identification of social norm violations. While ...
Tech Xplore / Research puts sound waves to test in making solar cells cheaper
Sound waves could play a part in making III-V solar cells more affordable for Earth-bound applications, according research led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). ...
Tech Xplore / New gate-tunable and high-mobility devices based on strontium titanate
Strontium titanate (SrTiO3), an oxide of strontium and titanium with a perovskite structure, has many advantageous properties, including spin-orbit coupling, electrical tunability, and unconventional superconductivity. Compared ...
Tech Xplore / AI has personalities and they're sometimes mean
It's bad enough most of us must deal on occasion with coworkers or store clerks who are tactless or rude. And the more we entrust our finances, transactions and business affairs to automated representatives, the more frustration ...
Tech Xplore / Using dragonfly wings to redesign a Boeing 777 to be lighter, stronger and more sustainable
Throughout history, humans have observed and sought inspiration from many aspects of nature to improve flight efficiency, maneuverability, and stability. And since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, nature-inspired design, also ...
Tech Xplore / Cathode oxidation research overturns current thinking on batteries
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding and overcoming the challenges associated with Ni-rich cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries. Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, ...
Tech Xplore / How to give AI-based robots empathy so they won't want to kill us
A team of social scientists, neurologists and psychiatrists at the University of Southern California's Brain and Creativity Institute, working with colleagues from the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, the University ...
Tech Xplore / Enabling autonomous exploration in robots
A research group in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute is creating the next generation of explorers—robots.