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A strategy that could enable control over the coherence properties of light emitted by lasers
Over the past few years, physicists and engineers worldwide have developed a growing number of advanced optical technologies and photonic devices, which can be used to emit, detect or manipulate...
Researchers observe interband collective excitations in twisted bilayer graphene
Twisted bilayer graphene is a carbon-based, two-dimensional (2D) material comprising two graphene layers. Although many scientists have recently started exploring its potential for superconductivity...
CoHaptics: A wearable haptic robot with a 6DoF camera to enhance the safety of human-robot collaboration
The number of collaborative mobile robots introduced in real-world settings is gradually increasing, with approximately 20,000 new installations per year. For their use to increase further, however,...
New memcapacitor devices for neuromorphic computing applications
To train and implement artificial neural networks, engineers require advanced devices capable of performing data-intensive computations. In recent years, research teams worldwide have been trying to...
DeepDraper: A technique that predicts how clothes would look on different people
In recent years, some computer scientists have been exploring the potential of deep-learning techniques for virtually dressing 3D digital versions of humans. Such techniques could have numerous...
Study shows that memories pass through many transformation stages as they are encoded
Memory, the human ability to recall things that happened in the past, is one of the topics most widely investigated by neuroscientists and psychologists. Past studies have collected extensive...
A strategy to directly modulate the second-order optical susceptibility of monolayer molybdenum ditelluride
Nonlinear optics is a research field that explores how intense light interacts with matter. Typically, the optical response of materials is linearly associated with the amplitude of the electric...
A technique to automatically generate hardware components for robotic systems
As robots become increasingly sophisticated and advanced, they will typically require a growing amount of hardware components, including robotic limbs, motors, sensors and actuators. In addition,...
SciComm Corner – Three things to consider when communicating science to people with sensory impairments
While there have been numerous efforts to improve the quality of life of people with sensory impairments, there are still many instances in which visual or hearing impairments can limit one’s...
A wireless system based on large-area electronics operating at gigahertz frequencies
Large-area electronics (LAE) is an emerging technology for electronic device manufacture, such as printing or large-scale lithography, the process used to create flat panel displays and solar cells....