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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are getting smarter with the help of an international team of researchers. They developed a way for multiple UAVs to fall…
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are getting smarter with the help of an international team of researchers. They developed a way for multiple UAVs to fall…
University of Rochester researchers, inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it…
AI Learns to Design Using Visual Cues As Humans Do Trained AI agents can adopt human design strategies to solve problems, according to findings published…
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have developed a micromachine that can perform different actions. First nanomagnets in the components of…
Rice University materials scientists use inorganic ingredients to limit defects, retain efficiency. Rice University scientists believe they’ve overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells…
The Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems have opened up possibilities for smart cities and smart homes, and are changing the way for people…
Scientists have created an “artificial leaf” to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel. The new technology,…
If humankind reaches Mars this century, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed experiment testing advanced materials for spacecraft may play a key role. NASA is considering…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers created and tested new wireless charging designs that may double the power density, resulting in a lighter weight system compared…
New observations using state-of-the-art techniques could help to build better electronics in smartphones, GPS and satellites. Scientists from Cardiff University have, for the first time,…
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to demonstrate a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor…
Navigation method may speed up autonomous last-mile delivery. In the not too distant future, robots may be dispatched as last-mile delivery vehicles to drop your…
Imagine a runner who doesn’t need to carry a stopwatch or cell phone to check her time: She could just gaze at the glowing stopwatch…
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away. Imagine a device that can sit outside under…
Drexel University researchers’ program designs materials with human-like microvasculature. The complex network of veins that keeps us cool during the heat of summer has inspired…
Imagine being trapped inside a collapsed building after a disaster, wondering if anybody will be brave enough to rescue you. Suddenly, a door bursts open,…
Technology offers high-speed, high-quality printing that could be useful for architecture models, fine art, exhibits, and other applications. Researchers have developed a new printer that…
Exposing cathodes to light decreases charge time by a factor of two in lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National…