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App That Can Detect Your Car’s Problems Through Sound and Vibrations Developed

MIT researchers have developed a smartphone app that combines the various diagnostic systems that the team developed, would save the average driver $125 a year and improve overall gas mileage by a few percentage points.

Piezoelectric Thin Films Feature Flexibility

A novel method for connecting thin-film piezoelectric materials to flexible substrates has potential applications for medical devices.

Scientists Have Solved Our Brittle Phone Screen Problems

Scientists at the University of Sussex may have found a solution to the problem of brittle smartphone screens.

New and Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Developed

A recent study involving with UNIST has presented highly stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using edged-selectively fluorine (F) functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (EFGnPs).

Nanotechnology Helps Remove Toxins from Our Soil

Nanotechnology is important in removing toxic chemicals found in soil. Currently, more than 70 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites are using or testing nanoparticles to remove or degrade environmental contaminants.

Researchers Take One Step Closer to Charging Cellphones in Seconds

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have used nanotechnology to significantly improve the energy-storage devices known as supercapacitors.

Watch: Five Ways the Internet Is Destroying Society

In recent times, the unchecked power of the internet has frequently veered into dark directions. Here are just five of the many concerns that have emerged.

Water-Resistant Pressure Sensor Introduced for Wearables

ST has its first customer in Samsung’s Gear Fit 2 Pro sports band.

NREL and MicroLink Team to Develop IMM Solar Cells for Space Satellites

The agreement will use MicroLink’s ELO process to make thin, lightweight and efficient renewable products

New Microcontroller is a Complete Power Solution with Support or Rechargeable Batteries

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the PSoC® 6 BLE Pioneer Kit that enabled designers to begin innovating with the PSoC 6 microcontroller from Cypress Semiconductor.

5G Isn’t an Upgrade, It’s an Evolution

It was the 3G and 4G standards, along with the advent of the smartphone, that led to the variety and versatility of mobile devices we enjoy today. 5G’s faster downloads and ability to interact with the IoT will likely revolutionize mobile device functionality further, leading to faster phones, new devices and maybe even an augmented reality.

Why is EMC Simulation Taking Off?

The potential for electromagnetic interference between systems and devices has never been greater, while the function of electronics and communication systems has never been more important to operation and safety.

Underwater Sound Waves Locate Ocean Impacts

Scientists have developed a new method to locate the precise time and location that objects fall into Earth’s oceans.

Traps Written for Light with Tiny Ink Droplets Developed

A microscopic ‘pen’ that can write structures small enough to trap and harness light using a commercially available printing technique could be used for sensing biotechnology, lasers and studying the interaction between light and matter.

Wolfspeed to Showcase Devices Designed for Counter-IED and Mobile Military Communications Systems at MILCOM 2017

Wolfspeed’s RF devices support mobile military communications and counter-IED requirements.

Watch: Mind Reading Brain Decoding Technology Developed

Researchers have demonstrated how to decode the human brain using AI (artificial intelligence) to interpret fMIR scans from people watching videos. Basically, they have created a mind-reading technology.

Wearable Battery Can Be 3D-Printed

A printer deposited layers of silicone, glue and gel electrolyte paste to form a clear wristband that incorporates a supercapacitor.

New Cancer Treatment is Made of Self-Regulating Nanoparticles

Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed "intelligent" nanoparticles that heat up to a temperature that is high enough to kill cancer cells, then self-regulate and lose heat before they get hot enough to burn healthy tissue.

Fujitsu Deploys Liquid Immersion Cooling-based x86 Cluster for Japan Automobile Research Institute

Fujitsu, the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, has provided the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) with an x86 cluster that uses a liquid immersion cooling system, as a new computational system to simulate automobile collisions.