TEC HNOLOGY:
NEWS IN BRIEF
HIGHLY FLEXIBLE, HIGH-ENERGY TEXTILE LITHIUM BATTERY
Researchers developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics.
Credit: Hailong Fan et al., Nature Communications
Credit: Dmitry Kalinovsky | 123rf
Temperature control of pore sizes in nanomaterials could lead to improved gas separation and storage applications. Butterfly-shaped ligands were the key to designing the material that can selectively absorb and store different gas molecules.
Credit: PolyU
Credit: Illustration by Izumi Mindy Takamiya
MATERIALS THAT OPEN IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
GETTING GLUED IN THE SEA
New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine adhesives.
AI FOR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
An artificial intelligence technology can predict traffic conditions for the next 5 to 15 minutes at an error rate of less than four kilometers an hour. Credit: DGIST
Credit: Milosh Kojadinovich | 123rf
ELECTRONIC SKIN FEELS PAIN
Researchers developed an electronic skin technology that detects prick and hot pain sensations. The skin is expected to be used for humanoid robots that need five human senses and patients wearing prosthetic hands.
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BLEACH-INDUCED TRANSFORMATION FOR HUMIDITY-DURABLE AIR FILTERS
A molecule-trapping material that normally degrades in water remains stable after two years of humidity exposure when treated with a common skin bleach.
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