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Tech Xplore / Smart spongy device captures water from thin air
Engineers from Australia and China have invented a sponge-like device that captures water from thin air and then releases it in a cup using the sun's energy, even in low humidity where other technologies such as fog harvesting ...
Tech Xplore / Transforming hospital sanitation: Autonomous robots for wiping and UV-C disinfection
Researchers have developed an "Intelligent Autonomous Wiping and UV-C Disinfection Robot" capable of automating hospital disinfection processes.
Tech Xplore / Amuse, a songwriting AI collaborator for music composers
Wouldn't it be great if music creators had someone to brainstorm with, help them when they're stuck, and explore different musical directions together? Researchers at KAIST and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed ...
Tech Xplore / Feat of 'dung-gineering' turns cow manure into one of world's most used materials
A new technique to extract tiny cellulose strands from cow dung and turn them into manufacturing-grade cellulose, currently used to make everything from surgical masks to food packaging, has been developed by researchers ...
Tech Xplore / Next-generation membrane cuts toluene crossover to boost hydrogen storage performance
A Korean research team has developed a new proton exchange membrane (PEM) that significantly enhances the performance of electrochemical hydrogen storage systems. The work was published as a cover article in the Journal of ...
Tech Xplore / Vapor-deposited perovskite semiconductors power next-generation circuits
A research team led by Professor Yong-Young Noh and Dr. Youjin Reo from the Department of Chemical Engineering at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has developed a technology poised to transform next-generation ...
Tech Xplore / Cracking the code: Synthetic lichen system shows potential for self-healing concrete
Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That's the vision behind the latest research of Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, published in Materials Today Communications.
Tech Xplore / Most heat pumps are not optimally configured, large field study finds
Researchers from ETH Zurich have carried out the largest field study to date, to find out whether heat pumps are running efficiently. When looked at in operation, it turns out that these units are often not optimally configured. ...
Tech Xplore / Gender characteristics of service robots can influence customer decisions
The hospitality industry can leverage the gender characteristics of service robots to influence customers' decisions, according to new research from a team in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management.
Tech Xplore / Soundwave recycling technology turns 'forever chemicals' into renewable resources
A new technique that uses soundwaves to separate materials for recycling could help prevent potentially harmful chemicals leaching into the environment.
Tech Xplore / Structurally reprogrammable magnetic metamaterials hold promise for biomedicine, soft robotics
Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Harvard University have experimentally demonstrated that it is possible to reprogram the mechanical and structural behavior of innovative artificial materials with ...
Tech Xplore / Bio-concrete from urine: Researchers develop sustainable building material
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have used microbial processes to produce environmentally friendly bio-concrete from urine as part of a "wastewater-bio-concrete-fertilizer" value chain. With the project extension ...
