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Tech Xplore / Chemists decipher reaction process that could improve lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium-sulfur batteries can potentially store five to 10 times more energy than current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries at much lower cost. Current lithium-ion batteries use cobalt oxide as the cathode, an expensive ...
Tech Xplore / Self-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires
In a newly published study in Nature Sustainability, we describe our design for a self-extinguishing rechargeable battery. It replaces the most commonly used electrolyte, which is highly combustible—a medium composed of ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers figure out optimal stiffness-toughness trade-off
Using 3D printing, researchers at the U of A and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a novel approach for achieving an optimal combination of stiffness and toughness in microstructured composites.
Tech Xplore / New kinds of padding could make football gear, bike helmets safer than ever
Football players (and anyone else who takes hard hits) may want to breathe a sigh of relief. In recent research, engineers at the University of Colorado of Boulder and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new design ...
Tech Xplore / A robot that can pick up objects and drop them in a desired location in an unfamiliar house
A team of roboticists at New York University, working with a colleague from AI at Meta, has developed a robot that is capable of picking up designated objects in an unfamiliar room and placing them in a new designated location. ...
Tech Xplore / One person can supervise 'swarm' of 100 unmanned autonomous vehicles, research shows
Research involving Oregon State University has shown that a "swarm" of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by one person without subjecting the individual to an undue workload.
Tech Xplore / How symmetry can come to the aid of machine learning
Behrooz Tahmasebi—an MIT Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and an affiliate of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)—was taking a mathematics ...
Tech Xplore / County-by-county study maps the energy transition's effects on jobs
A new analysis by MIT researchers shows the places in the U.S. where jobs are most linked to fossil fuels. The research could help policymakers better identify and support areas affected over time by a switch to renewable ...
Tech Xplore / A strategy to design lithium anode interlayer for all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries
Over the past decades, engineers and chemists have been working to develop increasingly advanced battery technologies that could help to meet the rising demands of the electronics industry. This has led to the emergence of ...
Tech Xplore / A camera-based anti-facial recognition technique
Facial recognition systems, computational tools that can recognize individuals in images or video footage, are now widely employed worldwide. Some users and developers, however, have raised privacy-related concerns, as by ...
Tech Xplore / New material design for transistors could downsize next-gen tech
By better taming the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of an alternative to the semiconductor—one that transitions from electricity-resisting insulator to current-conducting metal—Nebraska's Xia Hong and colleagues may have unlocked ...
Tech Xplore / A fully autonomous drone system for cinematography and wildlife monitoring
Recent technological advances, such as increasingly sophisticated drones and cameras, have opened exciting new possibilities for cinematography. Most notably, film directors can now shoot scenes from a wide range of angles ...