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News Precisely focused light: Compact and flexible fiber design ensures efficient focusing and razor-sharp images thanks to 3D printing
“An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Korea, Australia, Great Britain, and Germany – with participation of Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) – were able for the first time to optimize an optical glass fiber in such a way that light …
“A group of researchers has, for the first time, identified rare earth elements produced by neutron star mergers. Details of this milestone were published in The Astrophysical Journal on October 26, 2022. When two neutron stars spiral inwards and merge …
“New research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) can help robots feel layers of cloth rather than relying on computer vision tools to only see it. The work could allow robots to assist people with household tasks like …
“A 3D-printed device in a tank of water braids nanowires and moves microparticles. The next generation of phones and wireless devices are going to need new antennae to access higher and higher frequency ranges. One way to make antennae that …
News Smart Metering Platform Available on 32-bit MCU Product Family Equipped with an MPL460 PLC Modem
“Microchip’s PIC32CXMT provides maximum flexibility with three tiered devices including a single core, dual core and system-on-chip (SOC) to streamline smart meter and communications infrastructure development. The design complexity of smart meters continues to evolve as different communications solutions …
“Clean hydrogen fuel is easier to produce from seawater with stable hierarchical electrocatalysts. Oct 26, 2022 Seawater, which comprises more than 95 percent of the Earth’s water, could become a key resource in the sustainable production of clean hydrogen …
“Jellyfish-like soft gripper mimics the mechanics of curly hair If you’ve ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how hard it is to grab and hold onto objects using robotics grippers. Imagine how much more nerve-wracking …
“With scanning ultrafast electron microscopy, researchers unveil promising hot photocarrier transport properties of cubic boron arsenide. In a study that confirms its promise as the next-generation semiconductor material, UC Santa Barbara researchers have directly visualized the photocarrier transport properties of …
News University of Chicago scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but conducts like metal
“‘Like conductive Play-Doh’: Breakthrough could point way to new class of materials for electronics, devices Scientists with the University of Chicago have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more …
“Applications in tissue scaffolds for artificial organs, and functional devices The University of Amsterdam has reached a license agreement with the Gouda-based company atum3D on a method for fast, large-scale 3D-printing with sub-micron resolution. The method, developed at the university …