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Thin, Flexible Glass for Energy Storage
July 22, 2013 A new use for glass could make future hybrid-electric and plug-in electric vehicles more affordable and ... > full story -
Helping Robots Become More Touchy-Feely, Literally: Paper-Thin E-Skin Responds to Touch by Lighting Up
July 21, 2013 Engineers have created a new e-skin that responds to touch by instantly lighting up. The more intense the pressure, the brighter the light it emits. The material is the first sensor network on ... > full story -
Electronics: Graphene Makes a Magnetic Switch
July 18, 2013 Tiny nanoribbons of carbon could be used to make a magnetic field sensor for novel electronic ... > full story -
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Ironing out the Origins of Wrinkles, Creases and Folds
July 17, 2013 Engineers have mapped out the amounts of compression required to cause wrinkles, creases, and folds to form in rubbery materials. The findings could help engineers control the formation of these ... > full story -
Elastic Electronics: Stretchable Gold Conductor Grows Its Own Wires
July 17, 2013 Networks of spherical nanoparticles embedded in elastic materials may make the best stretchy conductors yet, engineering researchers have ... > full story -
Broadband Photodetector for Polarized Light
July 16, 2013 Using carpets of aligned carbon nanotubes, researchers have created a solid-state electronic device that is hardwired to detect polarized light across a broad swath of the visible and infrared ... > full story -
Finding the Keys to Boiling Heat Transfer
July 16, 2013 Understanding the properties that control surface dissipation of heat could lead to improved power plants and electronics with high heat-transfer ... > full story -
Electronic Health Records Slow the Rise of Healthcare Costs
July 15, 2013 Use of electronic health records can reduce the costs of outpatient care by roughly 3 percent, compared to relying on traditional paper ... > full story -
New Form of Carbon: Grossly Warped 'Nanographene'
July 15, 2013 By introducing multiple odd-membered ring defects into a graphene lattice, researchers have experimentally demonstrated that the electronic properties of graphene can be modified in a predictable ... > full story -
Trapping T-Rays for Better Security Scanners
July 11, 2013 Medical diagnostic and security scanners with higher sensitivity could result from new research into detecting T-rays (terahertz ... > full story
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