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Newborn baby inspires sensor design that simulates human touch

Sensing via a robotical hand and a balloon

By Jamie Oberdick

Researchers find potential key to high-sensitivity, broad-range sensors after inventing device to measure baby’s weight

As we move into a world where human-machine interactions are becoming more prominent, pressure sensors that are able to analyze and simulate human touch are likely to grow in demand.  

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New wireless, rechargeable battery research aims to reduce surgical risks

New wireless, rechargeable battery research

By Jennifer Matthews

Researchers at Penn State are designing a new wireless rechargeable battery for biomedical electronics, such as cardiac pacemakers, that will allow them to be charged and managed without the need for invasive surgery.

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'Highly perfect': Meeting the challenge of making 2D semiconductor materials

Redwing Group

By Jamie Oberdick

Two-dimensional materials are vital for the type of semiconductors that will push the future of electronic devices and energy-efficient lighting, but they are a challenge to make. They must have very few defects, difficult given their very small, nano-level size.

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A Semiconductor That Could Alleviate Computing's Climate Problem

Susan Trolier-McKinstry

While a lot of the focus on fighting climate change lands on things like gasoline vehicles and factory emissions, computers gobble up plenty of carbon-based energy on their own.

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