A new type of wood reflects sunlight and radiates away excess heat. The mechanical strength per weight of this new wood is 3 times stronger than steel. It could drop a building’s temperature up to 10°C, slashing 60% cooling costs. In the...
Researchers build the first-of-its-kind device to generate static electricity from falling snow. It can be integrated with solar panels to obtain continuous power supply in snowy conditions. It also functions as a self-powered sensor to monitor...
NASA will fund $6 million over the course of 3 years to support the University Leadership Initiative project. The project aims to develop a fully electric aircraft that would release zero carbon dioxide and no other harmful emissions. In order to...
Researchers use freely propagating electrons to see how light behaves beyond the limitations of wavelength. They were able to develop a new holographic method that captures nanoscale objects. It can open new doors for quantum computation. The...
Researchers develop a deep neural network that evaluates the ability of a camera to see clearly. Self-driving vehicles can use this network to make better decisions. Dozens of companies are working on autonomous vehicle technology and they all...
Researchers demonstrate a new cooling system with 2 different kinds of thermoelectric materials. It accelerates heat more efficiently in its natural direction – from a hot object to the relatively cool surroundings. As computer chips...
Researchers use a recurrent neural network to help people who are paralyzed and can’t communicate. The network converts the neural activity into speech acoustics. It can help patients communicate unconstrained vocabularies at a natural...
Researchers develop an AI-based model that generates valuable signals to reliably determine what neurons prefer to look at. The model uses a generative deep neural network and a genetic algorithm named XDREAM. For over 5 decades, scientists have...
Scientists send and receive information via semiconductor laser. This research could help in the development of hybrid electronic-phonic equipment as well as ultrahigh-speed Wi-Fi. Coherent light sources such as semiconductors lasers can create a...
Researchers show a whole new perspective of designing light emitting devices. Diamonds can be used to make 100 times brighter light devices than existing LEDs and lasers. It could enable fabrication of light sources for Li-Fi and transmitters for...
Magnets can help artificial intelligence achieve human-like efficiency at recognizing objects. Researchers develop new networks that use less energy and memory to carry out tasks similar to brain computations. The electrical dynamics of neurons is...
Researchers created a bridge between two extremely different species of animals, using robots. The bridge enabled both animal groups to interchange some of their dynamics and reach a shared decision. Robotics has become a crucial tool in analyzing...