Layering an organic material on top of 2D materials achieves stable, fast phosphorescent light emission without using expensive and hazardous heavy metals.
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The material transports oxygen ions rather than electrons, creating heat-resistant voltages for both digital memory and in-memory computing.
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New research finds hard carbon in rice hull ash, providing a cheap, domestic source of the material that can replace graphite in lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery anodes.
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It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
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Newly discovered role of phase separation can help develop memory devices for energy-efficient AI computing.
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Researchers will advance battery technologies going beyond current lithium ion capabilities.
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Timekeeping in the brain is done with neurons that relax at different rates after receiving a signal; now memristors—hardware analogues of neurons—can do that too.
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Mixing unconventional ingredients in just the right order can make complex materials with fewer impurities. The robotic lab that tested the idea could be widely adopted.
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Taking a page from nature’s book could allow humans to mitigate subzero temperatures without harming the environment
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Strong enough to move soft robots and medical capsules, weak enough to not ruin MRI images.
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