Researchers have discovered a single-molecule “switch” that can act like a transistor and offers the potential to store binary information.
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A transparent and stretchable touch sensor could enable robust touch input mapping under either static or dynamic deformation.
A good egg: Robot chef trained to make omelettes
From cracking eggs to plating the finished dish, a team of engineers have trained a robot to prepare omelettes that actually taste good.
Machine learning provides new design possibility for 3D-printable robots
An automatic design approach with a new 3D-printing method is established to fabricate soft composites that can change to predetermined shapes and generate controllable robotic motions under a magnetic field.
Quasi-solid zinc metal batteries could power the wearables of tomorrow
Zinc metal batteries built using a novel hydrogel electrolyte show remarkable performance and processability, making them suitable for the next generation of wearable energy storage devices.
Controlling artificial cilia with magnets and light
Researchers create an artificial array of magnetic cilia that could contribute to advancing the capabilities of soft robotics.
Researchers record world’s fastest internet speed from a single optical chip
As the way in which we work, socialize, and live becomes ever-more digital, enabling faster internet speeds and bandwidth capacity while using existing infrastructures promises a new dawn of the digital age.
A stitch in time: How a quantum physicist invented new code from old tricks
An exciting and exotic approach to minimizing error in quantum computation re-purposes a known code to achieve what many researchers thought was impossible.
Over-crowding particles drives their motion
Using an asymmetric sawtooth-shaped potential, researchers achieve transport of tiny molecules driven by particle crowding.
Solving real-life problems with temporal association rules
Researchers discuss how to extract valuable information from databases to aid decision making in emergencies, such as the current pandemic.
Rapidly detecting sepsis at the point of care
A new tool can diagnose sepsis in less than fifteen minutes, even with a very low concentration of biomarkers.
A new deep-learning architecture for drug discovery
Convolutional neural networks provide stronger predictive performances for pharmacological assays compared to traditional machine learning models.
Hey InsureBot, what do I need to buy to protect myself?
A team of data scientists has developed a general-purpose recommendation system for insurance based on Bayesian networks and deep learning.
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