Electrochemically grown metal networks inside gels overcome the long-standing trade-off between strength and conductivity.

Researchers have demonstrated how dendrites -- branch-like extensions that protrude from neurons -- help neurons perform computations on information that comes in from other parts of the brain. Within ...

A battery that charges fast, holds more energy, and stays safer under stress has become a kind of modern promise. You hear it ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have learned the mechanisms behind a common type of failure in lithium-ion batteries caused by the formation and growth of “dendrites,” findings that could aid in ...

Understanding how dendrites that form in thin films could be the key to next-generation materials for beyond-5G ...

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 ...

A sucrose-modified aqueous electrolyte increases the mobility of zinc ions in response to the electric field and successfully achieves dendrite-free zinc batteries. (Courtesy: Nano Research, Tsinghua ...

The human brain is so powerful that some intelligent computers called neural networks are patterned after how the human brain works. As such, figuring out how the many processes of the brain work ...

Lithium metal, and certain other battery concepts, are known to have the potential for far better energy storage performance than today’s lithium-ion technologies. But lithium metal in particular is ...

During development of the nervous system, countless connections must be formed between neurons. How axons and dendrites come together to make the functional circuits of the brain is a subject of ...

Within a winter cloud, a single speck of dust acts as the seed for a geometric miracle. As water vapor freezes onto this ...

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 ...