Researchers from the University of Houston have reported significant advances in stretchable electronics, moving the field closer to commercialization. In a paper published Friday, Feb. 1, in Science Advances, they outlined advances in creating stretchable rubbery semiconductors, including rubbery integrated electronics, logic circuits and arrayed sensory skins fully based on rubber materials. Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. […]
Lean Electrolyte Design Is a Game-Changer for Magnesium Batteries
Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems. The battery, reported Dec. 21 in Joule, is the first reported to operate with limited electrolytes while using an organic […]
Researchers Upend Conventional Wisdom On Thermal Conductivity
Scientists have long known that diamond is the best material for conducting heat, but it has drawbacks: It is costly and is an electrical insulator; when paired with a semiconductor device, diamond expands at a different rate than the device does when it is heated. Now a group of researchers from around the United States […]
DIY: Scientists Release How To For Building a Smartphone Microscope
Add one more thing to the list of tasks your smartphone can perform. University of Houston researchers have released an open-source dataset offering instructions to people interested in building their own smartphone microscope. The researchers describe the process in a paper published in Biomedical Optics Express, demonstrating that a basic smartphone equipped with an inexpensive […]
Artificial ‘Skin’ Gives Robotic Hand A Sense Of Touch
A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold, while also offering advantages for a wide range of biomedical devices. The work, reported in the journal Science Advances, describes a […]
Breakthrough in Magnesium Batteries
Magnesium batteries offer promise for safely powering modern life — unlike traditional lithium ion batteries, they are not flammable or subject to exploding — but their ability to store energy has been limited. Researchers reported Aug. 24 in the journal Nature Communications the discovery of a new design for the battery cathode, drastically increasing the […]
Researchers Report Breakthrough In Magnesium Batteries
Magnesium batteries offer promise for safely powering modern life — unlike traditional lithium ion batteries, they are not flammable or subject to exploding — but their ability to store energy has been limited. Researchers reported Aug. 24 in the journal Nature Communications the discovery of a new design for the battery cathode, drastically increasing the storage capacity […]
Use Of Brain-Computer Interface, Virtual Avatar Could Help People With Gait Disabilities
Researchers from the University of Houston have shown for the first time that the use of a brain-computer interface augmented with a virtual walking avatar can control gait, suggesting the protocol may help patients recover the ability to walk after stroke, some spinal cord injuries and certain other gait disabilities. Researchers said the work, done […]
Inexpensive Organic Material Gives Safe Batteries A Longer Life
Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect – they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short lifecycles, among other issues. Now researchers from the University of Houston have described a new class of material that addresses many of those concerns in Nature […]
Under Cyber Attack: UH Researchers Look at How to Catch a ‘Phisher’
As cybersecurity experts scramble to stop another wave of ransomware and malware scams that have infected computers around the world, computer science experts at the University of Houston are “phishing” for reasons why these types of attacks are so successful. The research findings, presented last month at the ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications […]