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Digi-Key Electronics cut the ribbon at its Product Distribution Center expansion (PDCe), adding 2.2 million square feet to the company. Digi-Key can pick, pack and ship approximately 3x the previous daily average of 27,000 packages to…

Moving away from the 3D mathematical description developed by Schrödinger and others on how we see color could yield more vibrant computer displays, TVs, printed materials, textiles, and more. A new study corrects a critical error in the…

Researchers at Boise State University developed a new approach to creating novel lithium-ion battery materials. Starting from an amorphous niobium oxide, they discovered that the act of cycling the material with lithium induces a…

From pineapples to pinecones and ammonites to nautilus, nature is full of patterns. One important category involves tiling patterns characterized by tiles and interfaces – such as a giraffe's coloring. Tiling patterns are functionally…

Traditional tests and grades now used may measure learning less accurately than scans of the brain, according to a study published in Science Advances. This news could upend how educators craft curricula and reveal a hidden link in the…

When inside a burning building, firefighters sometimes struggle to notice the signs of impending flashover, when most combustible items in a room ignite suddenly. Flashover is a leading cause of firefighter deaths. Research shows that…

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering developed a flexible, stretchable computer to process information that mimics the human brain. The bridged wearable technology with artificial intelligence…

Now there’s an easily fabricated, high-performance carbon microlattice electrode that may result in cheaper batteries powered by sodium ions. Tohoku University published the approach in the journal Small. Lithium-ion batteries are…

Most astronomical discoveries are based on observations, and the volumes of data drastically increased with the arrival of large-scale astronomical surveys. For example, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), which uses a wide-field view…

Virtually everything involves processes. When they evolve, you need to stay on top of them. We need an easy way to keep up. A new study by neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT looks at circuitry that helps…

Silicon’s properties as a semiconductor are far from ideal. Although silicon lets electrons whizz through its structure easily, it is less accommodating to electrons’ positively charged counterparts. Harnessing both is important for some…

If you’ve ever been sightseeing in Prague, Czech Republic, you've likely stood in the square outside the Old Town Hall in awe of the Atomic Clock first used in 1410 and still in operation. A quantum clock is also an atomic clock that…

For the first time, researchers showed that a cubic boron arsenide crystal offers high carrier mobility for both electrons and holes – the two ways a charge is carried in a semiconducting material. This is a significant advance for…

Friction is an unavoidable enemy and a major source of service failure. It can reduce the lifespan of any machinery, from bicycles and cars to airplanes and assembly lines. University of Pittsburgh's research unveils the atomic-scale…

Professor Harald Haas, Director of Strathclyde’s LiFi Research and Development Centre, has received a Humboldt Research Award for his research achievements, enabling him to collaborate on a topic of choice with Professor Robert Schober at…