Engineering
Antireflection coating makes plastic invisible
Antireflection (AR) coatings on plastics have a multitude of practical applications, including glare reduction on eyeglasses, computer monitors and the ...
Scientists turn carbon emissions into usable energy
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has developed a system that produces electricity and hydrogen (H2) while eliminating carbon dioxide ...
World’s fastest STT-MRAM
A research team, led by Professor Tetsuo Endoh at Tohoku University, has successfully developed 128Mb-density STT-MRAM (spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random ...
Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life
COLUMBUS, Ohio–Humans can get by in the most basic of shelters, can scratch together a meal from the most humble ...
Biodegradable, produces zero toxic waste and recycles into organic waste: ...
A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don’t require land or fresh water ...
An energy-efficient way to stay warm: Sew high-tech heating patches ...
What if, instead of turning up the thermostat, you could warm up with high-tech, flexible patches sewn into your ...
Nuclear power shutdowns won’t spike power prices
Owners of both Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, and Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, west of Pittsburgh, have cited financial ...
Robots learn by checking in on team members
The software and hardware needed to co-ordinate a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can communicate and work toward ...
An elastic fiber filled with electrodes set to revolutionize smart ...
It’s a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of elastomer and ...
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks. ...
