A closeup image of a spoonful of sugar above a bowlful of sugar. Researchers found that crystals of simple sugar molecules—the building blocks of familiar sugars—can convert mechanical stress to ...

In what may be a world first, a piezoelectric polymer has been developed that achieves heat resistance exceeding 200°C (400°F). Toray Industries Inc., which formulated the new polymer, said that its ...

A close-up image of a dark crystal held between two metal rods on a yellow background Researchers created a lead-free piezoelectric material (shown under a microscope), which could provide a ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...

A piezo disk transducer is a handy part for reproducing beeps and boops, and can also function as a rudimentary microphone. Being a piezoelectric element, it can also generate usable power. Enough to ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new atomically layered material which experiences a five order of magnitude resistivity reduction when oxidized, more ...

(A) The structure of the robot. (a) The robot includes the piezoelectric ceramics, metal body, power source, and control system. (b) The arrangement and structure of piezoelectric ceramics. (B) Signal ...

The PI Piezo Component / Transducer Calculator is an online engineering tool designed to help users quickly estimate key performance parameters of piezoelectric ceramic products, for both static and ...

Design your piezoceramic component with this piezo transducer calculator. (Nanowerk News) The PI Piezo Component / Transducer Calculator is an online engineering tool designed to help users quickly ...

Japan lives in a cyberpunk-styled future that twines tech in the most mundane of things. You can find robots performing repetitive tasks at restaurants, like peeling a banana or frying chips, while ...