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Results for: Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- March 20, 2020
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A device brings silicon computing power to brain research
- A new device enables researchers to observe hundreds of neurons in the brain in real-time. The system is based on modified silicon chips from cameras, but rather than taking a pict
- Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- April 19, 2019
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SLAC/Stanford team discovers new way of switching exotic properties on and off in topological material
- Ultrafast manipulation of material properties with light could stimulate the development of novel electronics, including quantum computers.
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- February 05, 2019
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Untangling a strange phenomenon that both helps and hurts lithium-ion battery performance
- New research offers the first complete picture of why a promising approach of stuffing more lithium into battery cathodes leads to their failure. A better understanding of this cou
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- November 21, 2018
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An electric glove gives robots a sense of touch
- With sensors that mimic human skin, the robotic hands achieve some of the manual dexterity that humans enjoy.
- Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- June 01, 2017
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Using nanotechnology to make a key industrial catalyst more effective
- Catalytic converters and clean-energy technologies sop up air pollution like a sponge. Researchers find that stretching or compressing a key material boosts its cleansing power.
- Materials for Sustainability, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- April 10, 2017
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Crystal paradox: Almost perfect structures made useful by tiny flaws
- A crystal is the repeated arrangement of identical atoms or molecules. But their value, as precious gems or silicon chips, often owes to tiny structural defects or impurities.
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- August 10, 2016
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Can we design memory chips 1,000 times faster than those we use today?
- Silicon chips store data in billionths of a second, but phase-change memory could operate in trillionths of a second, while using less energy and space.
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials