Soft-switching inverters represent a significant advancement in power electronics, enabling reduced switching losses and enhanced overall efficiency. These devices utilise techniques such as ...

Want a smartphone that stretches, takes damage, and still doesn’t miss a call? A team of Virginia Tech researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Macromolecules Innovation ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft robotics is designed to create flexible, adaptable devices capable of safe interaction with humans and delicate objects. This field has captivated researchers and engineers ...

Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap snapping shut when a fly touches it. However, replicating similar actions in soft robots requires ...

A team of researchers have created a new type of soft circuit electronics that can be used in cell phones and laptops. The soft circuitry is intended to replace inflexible, rigid materials that use ...

The myriad processes occurring in biological cells may seem unbelievably complex at first glance. And yet, in principle, they are merely a logical succession of events, and could even be used to form ...

Designers are familiar with rigid print circuit boards (PCBs) typified by the classic FR4 substrate as well as more advanced substrates which are compatible with multi-gigahertz applications. It’s ...

Want a smartphone that stretches, takes damage, and still doesn't miss a call? A team of Virginia Tech researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Macromolecules Innovation ...

Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap snapping shut when a fly touches it. However, replicating similar actions in soft robots requires ...