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Making opaque materials totally transparent

“Most naturally occurring materials have a disordered atomic structure that interferes with the propagation of both sound and electromagnetic waves. When the waves come into contact with these materials, they bounce around and disperse – and their energy dissipates according to …

Materials Research for Energy-efficient Magnetic Cooling

“Examining the Inverse Magnetocaloric Effect Using Neutrons Jülich scientist Nikolaos Biniskos together with his colleagues in a Franco-German research team has gained new insights into the inverse magnetocaloric effect with the help of neutron scattering studies. The results could be …

Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore underwater environments

“‘HAMR’ can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater In nature, cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 30 minutes. Now, a robotic cockroach can do even better. Harvard’s Ambulatory Microrobot, known as HAMR, can walk on land, swim …

NIST Researchers Simulate Simple Logic for Nanofluidic Computing

“Invigorating the idea of computers based on fluids instead of silicon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown how computational logic operations could be performed in a liquid medium by simulating the trapping of ions …

OpenDeck MIDI Platform

“OpenDeck is a platform suited both for prototyping and developing custom MIDI controllers. Platform uses class-compliant USB MIDI which makes it compatible with any MIDI software on any OS. Main part of the platform is board on which various components …

Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robot

“Like the state animal of New York, the rover-like vehicle uses surroundings to build complex structures, overcome obstacles Autonomous robots excel in factories and other manmade spaces, but they struggle with the randomness of nature. To help these machines overcome …

Scientists fine-tune carbon nanotubes for flexible, fingertip-wearable terahertz imagers

“Researchers at Tokyo Tech have developed flexible terahertz imagers based on chemically “tunable” carbon nanotube materials. The findings expand the scope of terahertz applications to include wrap-around, wearable technologies as well as large-area photonic devices. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are beginning …

Self-heating, fast-charging battery makes electric vehicles climate-immune

“Californians do not purchase electric vehicles because they are cool, they buy EVs because they live in a warm climate. Conventional lithium-ion batteries cannot be rapidly charged at temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, but now a team of Penn State …

Software-Defined Radio for Engineers, 2018

“Software-Defined Radio for Engineers, by Travis F. Collins, Robin Getz, Di Pu, and Alexander M. Wyglinski, 2018, ISBN-13: 978-1-63081-457-1. The objective of this book is to provide a hands-on learning experience using Software Defined Radio for engineering students and …

The attosecond stopwatch

“Ultra-short, high-intensity X-ray flashes open the door to the foundations of chemical reactions. Free-electron lasers generate these kinds of pulses, but there is a catch: the pulses vary in duration and energy. An international research team has now presented a …