The familiar early summer call of the cuckoo has inspired composer and poet alike, but the sound belies the bird's true parasitic nature. Now, researchers have taken the cuckoo's wont to deposit its ...

Developing longer-lasting, more-efficient electrolytes better than those engineered more than three decades ago has been difficult. Electrolytes enable the batteries in everything from your cell phone ...

Penn researchers have developed a universal algorithm that allows 2D materials to retain mechanical strength after conversion into 3D structures. The team’s work takes inspiration from kirigami, an ...

OptoGPT is a new algorithm that harnesses the computer architecture underpinning ChatGPT. Its creators say that it will enable researchers and engineers to design optical multilayer film structures ...

When performing outdoor tests of photovoltaic devices, test engineers use electronic loads to test maximum power-point tracking. Agilent's Neil Forcier outlines an algorithm for this task that ...