Electrical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated the fastest pyroelectric photodetector to date that works by absorbing heat generated by incoming light.

The New York Consortium for Space Technology (NYCST) is led by Cornell University and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation through the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program.

An interdisciplinary team at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is using state-of-the-art eye-tracking technology to pinpoint the physical characteristics of spiders that may contribute to arachnophobia.     

Birds have an ability to fly through obstacles by shifting their shape in flight, which is difficult to reproduce in uncrewed aerial vehicles, commonly known as UAVs or drones. A new study from researchers at the University of Oxford and UC Davis shows how researchers can begin to approach this challenge, leading to insights into how birds fly and to improved UAV designs.

As a battery component, sulfur – low-cost, abundant and with a high theoretical specific capacity – seems tailor-made for practical, affordable solid-state batteries for EVs and other uses. But so far, that theoretical capacity has stayed theoretical. By finding the perfect particle size for solid-state electrolyte powder and changing the fabrication strategy, a team led by University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Prof. Shirley Meng created a sulfur-based composite cathode that delivers a discharge specific capacity of about 1500 milliampere-hours (mAh) per gram of sulfur. This puts science closer than ever to tapping sulfur’s theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh per gram. Furthermore, the team successfully demonstrated this performance in a practical pouch cell format, proving the technology's scalability and potential for real-world EV applications.