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Inverse Design Software Automates Design Process for Optical, Nanophotonic Structures

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 — Stanford University researchers created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore different design methodologies to find fabricable optical […]

Simple Self-Charging Battery Offers Power Solutions for Devices

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 — A new type of battery combines negative capacitance and negative resistance within the same cell, allowing the cell to self-charge without losing […]

Highly Sensitive Sensors Show Promise in Enhancing Human Touch

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2020 — People rely on a highly tuned sense of touch to manipulate objects, but injuries to the skin and the simple act of […]

Tiny Magnetic Structures Enhance Medical Science

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 — Small magnetic objects, which have been used successfully in technological applications such as data storage, are showing promise in the biomedical field. […]

Reinventing the Computer: Brain-Inspired Computing for a Post-Moore’s Law Era

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 15, 2020 — Since the invention of the transistor in 1947, computing development has seen a consistent doubling of the number of transistors that […]

Communications Device Offers Huge Bandwidth Potential

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 10, 2019 — Scientists at the University of Illinois have created sugar cube-sized blocks of an electromagnetic material with potential to transform communication networks. […]

Ternary Acceptor and Donor Materials Increase Photon Harvesting in Organic Solar Cells

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2019 — Organic solar cells are steadily improving as new materials are developed for the active layer, particularly when materials are stacked in […]

3D Printing, Bioinks Create Implantable Blood Vessels

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 22, 2019 — A biomimetic blood vessel was fabricated using a modified 3D cell printing technique and bioinks, which were formulated from smooth muscle […]

Creating Miracles with Polymeric Fibers

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 15, 2019 — “Polymers are very, very useful materials when it comes to modern applications.” Mohan Edirisinghe leads a team of researchers at University […]