SLIPS Coating Prevents Bacteria from Forming on Solid Surfaces
By applying a technology called SLIPS (slippery-liquid-infused porous surfaces) to solid surfaces, a team of Harvard scientists are able to trick bacteria into thinking they…
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Sandia Engineers are Reevaluating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
Working to advanced rotor technologies for U.S. offshore wind power generation, Sandia scientists are searching for the most-workable design for a vertical axis wind turbine…
Screening-Engineered Field-Effect Photovoltaics Could Accelerate the Usage of Solar Energy
Utilizing the electric field effect, a new technology called “screening-engineered field-effect photovoltaics,” or SFPV, reduces the cost and complexity of fabricating solar cells and could…
H.E.S.S. II Telescope Starts Operation and Detects its Very First Images
With a 28-meter mirror and a mass of almost 600 tons, the H.E.S.S. II telescope is up and running, detecting its very first images of…
NASA’s Space Launch System Passes Review, Moving to Preliminary Design Phase
With the hope of bringing explorers to nearby asteroids, Mars and its moons, and to destinations even farther across our solar system, NASA’s Space Launch…
New Class of Synthetic Vaccines Piggyback on 3-D DNA Nanostructures
Scientists at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are using DNA nanotechnology to make an entirely new class of synthetic vaccines that could be…
Microorganisms Convert Renewable Electricity into Carbon-Neutral Methane
Taking a “greener” approach to methane production, scientists from Stanford and Pennsylvania State are raising colonies of microorganisms, called methanogens, which have the ability to…
Nanotechnology Used to Create “Magnetic Domain-Wall Ratchet” Memory
A newly published study details how scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology developed “magnetic domain-wall ratchet” memory, computer memory that is built up from…
Highly Transparent Polymer Solar Cell Produces Energy by Absorbing Near-Infrared Light
Using a photoactive plastic that converts infrared light into an electrical current, scientists developed a new kind of polymer solar cell that produces energy by…
Engineers to Develop a Smart Suit That Improves Physical Endurance
Engineers at the Wyss Institute are working on a smart suit that helps improve physical endurance for soldiers in the field, delaying the onset of…
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Headed to the Final Design Stage
With an estimated construction cost of $665M and a five year build time, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) received approval from the National Science…
Self-Assembling Polymer Molecules Create Complex Microchip Structures
Using tiny posts to guide the patterning of self-assembling polymer molecules, researchers at MIT developed a new technique to create perfect square and rectangular patterns…
Macroporous Silicon and Pyrolyzed Polyacrylonitrile form High Performance Anodes
By detaching a freestanding macroporous silicon film from the underlying bulk silicon and combining it with pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile, researchers have found a way to make…
Superconducting Amplifier Designed to Study the Universe
Designed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a new amplifier using titanium nitride and niobium titanium nitride…
Converting Waste into Useful Energy by Improving Microbial Fuel Cells
In an effort to provide a sustainable system for waste treatment and energy production, scientists at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute are working microbial fuel…
Algorithms Improve AUV Navigation and Detecting Capabilities
Scientists have taken a step forward on the path to engineering completely autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for minesweeping and other risky underwater missions. MIT engineers…
Help NASA Test-Drive Curiosity Interactive Experience
With NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity set to land in early August, NASA is finalizing a game development tool that will offer a 3-D interactive experience…
Converting Heat to Electricity in a Non-Magnetic Semiconductor
Published in the journal Nature, a new study describes how scientists at Ohio State University created the “giant spin-Seebeck” effect, converting heat to electricity in…