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Technology
Pushing the Limits of Technology to Enhance Electronic Skins
Researchers create a soft robotic electronic skin with fingerprint-like patterns with future applications in prosthesis, wearable sensors, and medical devices.
The Hearty, Hearty Caterpillar
A bioinspired, soft robotic caterpillar that uses the contraction of live heart cells to propel its motion.
Methods Perspectives: Assessing Battery Interfaces via NMR
Michal Leskes and Shira Haber assess the capabilities of NMR in analyzing solid-state interfaces.
Building Complex Nanostructures Using Electrospinning
Electrospinning is a useful method for preparing non-woven fabrics, and is finding use in creating complex nanostructures.
The Future of Cloaking Devices: Digital Coding Metasurfaces
Digital coding metasurfaces simultaneously manipulate both electromagnetic and acoustic waves for advanced cloaking or signaling devices.
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Advancing Cross‐point Memory Technology [Video]
Researchers design a high-performance threshold switching selector based on silver nanodots.
Magnesium Batteries: An Alternative to Lithium?
Magnesium batteries for high temperature use, layered cathode materials, and cathode microstructure are at the forefront of battery technology research.
Light in Sight: Micro-Lenses Enhance the Functionality of Future Cars
A new micro-lens array technology produces high-quality 3D images that can be used to improve driver safety, vehicle function, and provide innovative design effects.
Metal–Hydrogel Hybrids
Hybrid systems of hydrogels and metals with tough bonding may find widespread application in smart materials and device interfaces.
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