Conceptual illustration of two DNA robots collectively performing a cargo-sorting task on a DNA origami surface, transporting fluorescent molecules with different colors from initially unordered locations to separated destinations. Considerable artistic license has been taken.
Credit: Demin Liu
Imagine a robot...
A highly magnified view of the striatum of a mouse brain reveals a relatively rare type of cell called the fast-spiking interneuron (purple), which is responsible for orchestrating the brain circuits that control our habits.
Credit: Justin O'Hare, Duke University
Some...
This tiny ankle bone belonged to one of the earliest members of the primate family tree. The 52-million-year-old fossil suggests that the first primates were expert leapers. Discovered more than 30 years ago by paleontologist Marc Godinot, the fossil...
This shows very thin sheets of molybdenum disulfide (see a), a schematic and photos of working actuators.
Credit: Muharrem Acerce/Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Imagine repeatedly lifting 165 times your weight without breaking a sweat -- a feat normally reserved for...
Candy cane supercapacitor.
Credit: Stoyan Smoukovy
Supercapacitors promise recharging of phones and other devices in seconds and minutes as opposed to hours for batteries. But current technologies are not usually flexible, have insufficient capacities, and for many their performance quickly degrades...
An artificial muscle built from a sandwich of soft, stretchable elastomers and carbon nanotubes electrodes. This type of actuator could be used in everything from wearable devices to soft grippers, laparoscopic surgical tools, entirely soft robots or artificial muscles...
In the Eko-Viikki housing area in Helsinki, Finland, nine properties have been equipped with solar heating systems for producing heat for water heating systems and, in a few of the houses, for underfloor heating. From the solar panels, the...
By transitioning to solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, up to 51,999 American lives would be saved at $1.1 million invested per life.
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech
In a new study published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, a team from...
Prototype of a semi-transparent perovskite solar cell with thermal-mirror functionality.
Credit: Copyright: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
A Korean research team has developed semi-transparent perovskite solar cells that could be great candidates for solar windows.
Scientists are exploring ways...
The stretchable batteries were printed on fabric for this demonstration. They make up the word NANO on the shirt and are powering a green LED that is lit in this picture.
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego
Nanoengineers at the...
Each fingertip pressure sensor mounted on this glove is connected to an LED. The intensity of the LEDs varies according to the pressure applied by the fingertips. The glove makes it possible to ascertain degrees of pressure that are...
