A silicone strain sensor glued to a rubber glove bends easily with the wearer's finger. The amount of light transmitted by the fiber changes with the bending.
Credit: Changxi Yang, Tsinghua University
The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a...
This is the reduction of CO2.
Credit: Mr. Aditya Prajapati
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis have determined how electrocatalysts can convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using water and electricity. The...
These are organoids before (left) and after exposure to Zika (center), and after treatment (right).
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Reports
UCLA researchers have developed an improved technique for creating simplified human brain tissue from stem cells. Because these...
Wind farm in sea. (Stock image)
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There is considerable opportunity for generating wind power in the open ocean, particularly the North Atlantic, according to new research from Carnegie's Anna Possner and Ken Caldeira. Their work is...
This image shows an energy diagram of the WSe2-MoSe2 device. When a photon (1) strikes the WSe2 layer, it knocks loose an electron (2), freeing it to conduct through the WSe2 (3). At the junction between the two materials,...
Schematic illustration of the experimental setup.
Credit: ICFO
In a study published in Physics Review Letters, and highlighted by APS Physics, ICFO researchers demonstrate a new technique for the coherent the detection of radio frequency magnetic fields using an atomic magnetometer....
Drone in study.
Credit: Image courtesy of Luleå University of Technology
Wind turbines are getting bigger and bigger. The larger the wind turbines are, the more kilowatts they can produce. But larger wind turbines also imply increased difficulties in inspecting them....
Dross in thick-walled cast iron with spheroidal graphite: casting surface after the fluorescent magnetic powder test.
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Wind turbines rise into the sky on enormous feet. To ensure these giants can reliably generate electricity for many years...
Two overlapping lasers are helping Kansas State University physics researchers create holographic images of free-flowing air particles, which may help climate scientists and biological weapons watchdogs monitor what's in the air.
Credit: Kansas State University
Holographic images of free-flowing air particles...
This figure illustrates the computer-aided design model for design configuration #13. The turbine blades are assumed to be made of carbon fiber and the turbine shaft and blade supports are made of Aluminum 2024.
Credit: Lam Nguyen and Meredith Metzger,...
A three-layered glove developed by materials chemist Trisha Andrew has one layer coated by the conducting polymer PEDOT and is powered by a button battery weighing 1.8 grams.
Credit: UMass Amherst
Commuters, skiers, crossing guards and others who endure frozen fingers...
