Heat and pressure can deteriorate the properties of piezoelectric materials that make state-of-the-art ultrasound and sonar technologies possible—and fixing that damage has historically required ...

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 ...

Every day, millions of people walk through Tokyo's train stations without thinking twice about where they're going, let alone ...

The ability of piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa makes them useful for various applications from robotics to communication to sensors. A new ...

Gyeongyun Lily Min spent the last seven months in a makeshift laboratory she set up in her parent’s garage as she tried to convert vibrations produced by sound waves in sports arenas into electrical ...

Piezoelectricity is a material’s capacity to transform mechanical energy (pressing) into electric energy (polarization) and vice versa. The word “piezo” derives from the Greek word piezein, which ...

The increasing miniaturization and sophistication of electronic products, ranging from consumer media devices to medical diagnostic tools to defense-related sonar applications, presents a bounty of ...