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A sustainable and recyclable thermoelectric paper
Thermoelectric materials, capable of transforming heat into electricity, are very promising when converting residual heat into electrical...
Feb 5, 20193 min read


A reconfigurable soft actuator
Mechanical systems, such as engines and motors, rely on two principal types of motions of stiff components: linear motion, which involves...
Feb 5, 20192 min read


Researchers report advances in stretchable semiconductors, integrated electronics
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported significant advances in stretchable electronics, moving the field closer to...
Feb 1, 20192 min read


Atomic-scale capillaries block smallest ions, thanks to graphene
Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute in the UK have succeeded in making artificial channels just one...
Jan 14, 20194 min read


Chemical synthesis of nanotubes
For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to...
Jan 11, 20192 min read


‘Smart skin’ simplifies spotting strain in structures
Thanks to one peculiar characteristic of carbon nanotubes, engineers will soon be able to measure the accumulated strain in an airplane,...
Nov 21, 20184 min read
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