Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past
Credit: The Conversation It’s now beyond dispute that—for new electricity generation—solar, wind and other forms...
Researchers improve autonomous boat design
The latest version of MIT’s autonomous boat is now 2 meters long and capable of...
Electronic skin patches could restore lost sensation and detect disease
Researchers in Europe are working on elastic membrane patches that mimic how the skin looks...
OPD optical sensors that reproduce any color
Credit: Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) Photodiodes are optical sensors that convert the...
Smart city and wise city
The notion of “smart city” has grown in popularity during the last twenty years. Digital...
Wearable technology reveals global heart rate rhythms for the first time
Nocturnal mean resting heart rate among users of the wellness ring for people from the...
Scientists develop ‘mini-brains’ to help robots recognize pain and to self-repair
(Top left to right) Members of the NTU research team include Associate Professor Nripan Mathews...
Underwater robots to autonomously dock mid-mission to recharge and transfer data
A yellow underwater robot (left) finds its way to a mobile docking station to recharge...
Motivation is key to understanding our smartphone behavior
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Why do we look at our smartphone so often, especially at...
Powering the future: new insights into how alkali-metal doped flexible solar cells work
Flexible thin-film solar cells constructed via doping with eco-friendly, earth-abundant, and inexpensive alkali metals could...