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Researchers exploit the static instability of the centrifugal softening effect to increase power performance of piezoelectric transducers for rotational energy harvesting.

Typically, low frequencies and irregular motions have made it difficult to harvest energy from human movements.

Molecular dynamics simulations show temperature effects the diffusion of cysteine amino acids throughout the body.

The addition of a magnetic field to laser polishing processes induces a Lorentz force that suppresses secondary roughness.

Adiabatically expanding blast waves allow for the study of otherwise difficult problems relating to supernova explosions using a scaled-down approach.

A comparison of idealized and real pyramid textures in silicon solar cells demonstrates that a truly random pyramid texture improves light trapping efficiency.

A new apparatus for measuring the superconductivity of cleaved crystals under vacuum shows enhanced superconductivity of the surface.

After functioning successfully at 600 C, Hall-effect sensors show a full operational recovery, hinting towards potential applications in aerospace missions.

Researchers studied the effects of both wing parameters and Reynolds number on tip vortex formation and evolution of rotating low-aspect-ratio wings.

Research on plasma dust charging might have applications in mitigating moon dust complications on impending manned space missions.

By removing the gratings or changing their orientation, the nondestructive X-ray imaging system can access different imaging modes.

Researchers observed how flow vorticity and turbulence structures form a series of dunes