How 3D printers can give robots a soft touch
A recent study demonstrates that soft skin pads doubling as sensors made from thermoplastic urethane can be efficiently manufactured using 3D printers.
19-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
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Atom-by-atom: Imaging structural transformations in 2D materials
In an effort to understand how and why 2D interfaces take on the structures they do, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a method to visualize the thermally-induced rearrangement of 2D materials, atom-by-atom,...
18-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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Researchers study effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers
In a new paper published in JACS AU, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analyzed the effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers, with implications for critical materials recovery and recycling, and environmental...
12-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
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Chris Anderson combining materials science, physics and electrical engineering to advance quantum technologies
Chris Anderson is the newest addition to the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) faculty, and he is ready to make a quantum leap into the world of materials science.
3-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
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A Monocycle Robot with Two Legs
ECE associate professor Joohyung Kim has created “Ringbot,” a monocycle robot with two legs. The hybrid leg-wheel mechanism enables the robot to tackle diverse terrains, from urban areas to indoor environments. The robot’s ability to maneuver...
27-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
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Design rules and synthesis of quantum memory candidates
New research Grainger Engineering professor Daniel Shoemaker and graduate student Zachary Riedel used density functional theory (DFT) calculations to identify possible europium (Eu) compounds to serve as a new quantum memory platform.
22-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
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What heat can tell us about battery chemistry: using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells
New research from The Grainger College of Engineering suggests that observing how heat flows in conjunction with electricity can give important insights into battery chemistry.
19-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
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AI technique 'decodes' microscope images, overcoming fundamental limit
Atomic force microscopy, or AFM, is a widely used technique that can quantitatively map material surfaces in three dimensions, but its accuracy is limited by the size of the microscope’s probe. A new AI technique overcomes this limitation and...
1-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EST
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Milenkovic gaining biological insights by analyzing data embedded in non-Euclidean spaces
Olgica Milenkovic’s group has been developing machine learning approaches that can tell revealing new stories about biological phenomena—but her work has very old roots.
29-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
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