3+ week, 2+ day ago  (447+ words) A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo have created a method that makes virtual reality (VR) more accessible to people with mobility limitations. "VR games are a lot of fun, and they're important social spaces, especially for younger…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (581+ words) What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry would be disassembled at the end of a building's lifetime and reassembled into a new structure, in a sustainable cycle that…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (298+ words) A team at the University of Oxford has created an advanced technique that makes it possible to clearly see a vital component inside lithium-ion battery electrodes that scientists have struggled to track. The findings, published on February 17 in Nature Communications,…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (386+ words) One of the key determinants to the lifespan of a battery - aqueous or otherwise - is the anode. Chemical reactions at the anode generate and store the battery's energy. However, parasitic chemical reactions degrade the anode, compromising the battery lifespan. The…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (468+ words) As fast as modern electronics have become, they could be much faster if their operations were based on light, rather than electricity. Fiber optic cables already transport information at the speed of light; to do computations on that information without…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (504+ words) At the center of the new design is an improved version of a widely used component known as a DC-DC step-down converter. These converters are found in nearly all electronic devices and serve as a critical link between power sources…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (348+ words) Hailed as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, transistors are integral components of modern electronics that amplify or switch electrical signals. As electronics become smaller, it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue scaling down silicon-based transistors. Has the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (213+ words) What Makes Light Cages Different "We created a guiding structure that allows quick diffusion of gases and fluids inside its core, with the versatility and reproducibility provided by the 3 D-nanoprinting process. This enables true scalability of this platform, not only…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (186+ words) Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems, from robotic surgery to high-frequency trading, rely on processing streams of raw data in real time. Extracting important features quickly is critical, but conventional digital processors are hitting physical limits. Traditional electronics can no longer…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (590+ words) Researchers have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three key properties of light -- amplitude, phase and polarization. By using all three together, the approach allows much more data to…...