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...
The smallest pixel ever created can be used to build massive screen, large enough to cover whole buildings. These pixels are a million times smaller than those in modern cell phones. In recent decades, plasmonic metasurfaces have emerged as a...
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...
Cosmochemists discover water in fragments of an asteroid named Itokawa. Impacts by similar asteroids may have delivered almost half of the Earth’s ocean water. More than 332,519,000 cubic miles of water is present on Earth and 96.5% of this...
Researchers develop a mechanically and chemically stable interface that can increase lithium metal battery life without raising safety concerns. This superthin interface (10 nm) is made of boron nitride. We are becoming more reliant on batteries...
Researchers propose a new method (derived from classical physics) to predict how economies respond to major disturbances. It outperforms all existing econometric forecasting systems. Understanding economies in times of crises is one of the most...
Researchers shed light on a mysterious black hole located 8,000 light-years away from Earth. Typically, jets are ejected straight out from the poles of black holes, perpendicular to the material disc. This one is a unique case because the black...
Neptune is perhaps one of the most fascinating planets in the solar system, maybe because we know very little about this planet. Due to its immense distance from the Sun, it has not been visited more than once. The earliest known observation of...
New method enables fast 3D reconstructions of nanoscale objects. It works by taking two images of an object from two different locations and combining them to form a spatial image. There exist countless object in nature that has complex 3D...
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...