A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has used perovskite and quantum dots to build an ultraviolet radiation measurement device. The group describes their experiment in Matter.
Bandages are great for covering wounds, but they would be much more useful if they could also detect infections.
Bio & Medicine
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A newly developed printable elastic conductor retains high conductivity even when stretched to as much as five times its original length, says a Japanese team of scientists. The new material, produced in paste-like ink form, ...
Nanomaterials
May 15, 2017
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The triboelectric effect is a phenomenon where a charge is generated on two dissimilar materials when the materials are moved apart after being in contact with each other. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) use this effect ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2021
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Using flexible conducting polymers and novel circuitry patterns printed on paper, researchers have demonstrated proof-of-concept wearable thermoelectric generators that can harvest energy from body heat to power simple biosensors ...
General Physics
Oct 10, 2017
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There is a growing number of wearable devices featuring touchscreens, including smart watches, smart glasses and digital jewellery. These devices can receive notifications in many forms, but usually there is no direct way ...
Engineering
May 5, 2015
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Nature creates layered materials like bone and mother-of-pearl that become less sensitive to defects as they grow. Now researchers have created, using biomimetic proteins patterned on squid ring teeth, composite layered 2D ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2022
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Swiss watchmakers are warily eyeing Apple's reported progress towards creating a "smartwatch", but say they are not too worried about the tech goliath's likely incursion into their traditional turf.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 14, 2013
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Can fatigue be predicted? Can life-threatening fatigue be differentiated from recoverable fatigue?
Engineering
Oct 20, 2017
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(AP)—Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off?
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2014
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