Neuroscientists have discovered that human dendrites have very different electrical properties from those of other species. These differences may contribute to the enhanced computing power of the ...

While indium tin oxide (ITO) is commonly employed as a transparent conducting electrode in the manufacture of current devices, it is not a suitable material for flexible electronics due to its ...

Four ways: The slice of carbon fibre in this microelectric measuring circuit is electrically connected to gold/chromium electrodes with platinum/carbon electrodes. (Courtesy: Satoshi Matsuo and Nancy ...

Porcelain insulators have long been integral to electrical power systems, valued for their high dielectric strength, durability and reliability under challenging environmental conditions. Their ...

A multi-institutional research team has engineered a way to preserve the electrical properties of materials as they are shrunk to the nanoscale. The use of the soft substrate hexagonal boron nitride ...

The high-resolution imaging capability of atomic force microscopy (AFM) can be extended to enable a wide range of characterization methods to study electrical, mechanical, thermal, and other ...

When thoughts turn to the modernization and decarbonization of our transportation infrastructure, one imagines it to be dominated by exotic materials. EV motors and wind turbine generators need ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other cells, and long neural extensions called dendrites play a critical role in incorporating all of that ...