World’s Largest Digital Camera (LSST) Gets Approval
If you think your new 14 megapixel camera is powerful, take a look at the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Designed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,…
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Ames Laboratory Seeks to Make Science Fiction a Reality
As researchers at Ames Laboratory aim to move innovations from the realm of science fiction closer to reality, they developed a method to evaluate different…
Bismuth-Antimony Material Shares Graphene’s Unusual Properties
Just recently Rice University shared news of their 2-D Boron Nanotubes that have advantages over carbon nanotubes and now scientists at MIT have found another…
2-D Boron has Potential Advantages over Carbon Nanotubes
Scientists at Rice University used the notion of Swiss cheese to analyze the possible configurations of two-dimensional sheets of boron. They found that these 2-D…
Liquid Battery Design Utilizes Heat From Charging and Discharging
Using MIT students as his team, MIT professor Donald Sadoway is set to make his liquid-battery concept a reality. Based on floating layers of high-temperature…
Waste to Energy Technology Commercially Available in the US
Is your company looking for their very own high-solid anaerobic digestion system? Well look no more. Invented by a researcher at UC Davis, this commercially…
Physicists Create Their Own Doctor Who Styled Sonic Screwdriver
You know technology is advancing fast when tools from science fiction shows start to become a reality. Scientists at the University of Dundee decided that…
LED Styled Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record
Solar cell technology continues to advance and new research from the University of California, Berkeley demonstrates a new record-breaking technique. Designed to be more like…
Engineered Coating for Implants Reduces the Risk of Complications
As hip and knee replacements become more common, so too does the risk of complications for those patients, including the risk of premature failure. Engineers…
Electronic Device for the Perfect Bicep Curl
It used to be that only jocks were interested in building muscles and hitting the weights. Nowadays everyone knows the benefits of working out and…
Photochemical Upconversion Adds “Turbo” to Solar Cell Efficiency
By using photochemical upconversion, researchers from the University of Sidney have developed a “turbo for solar cells” that allows for record-breaking efficiency in cost-effective solar…
Computer Chip-Shaped Neutron Source
Technological advances in the field of neutron generators are being made at Sandia National Laboratory. By thinking outside the box, scientists have come up with…
NASA Explores OMEGA System for Alternative Aviation Fuels
In an effort to create an alternative way to produce aviation fuels, NASA is exploring the Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae method for biofuel….
Nanosponges May Help With Environmental Cleanup
Newly discovered nanotubes may have a big impact environmental cleanup. By adding boron to carbon during the nanotube creating process, researchers found that the resulting…
Computer Model Monitors Brain Pressure Without Invasive Drilling
Researchers in MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics have developed a new strategy to help treat and measure brain pressure without the invasive drilling of the…
Chips As Mini Internets: CPU Cores Communicate by Networks Instead of Bus
As the demand for faster computers continues to rise, so does the demand for microchips that will power those computers. While the idea of adding…
Radio Telescope Square Kilometer Array Will be Powered by $43-Million IBM Supercomputer
The world’s largest telescope will be the Square Kilometer Array, and when it starts peering into radio waves emanating from the skies, it will generate…
High-Altitude Blimp Wind Turbine Will Harness Stronger Winds
An eolian energy company formed out of MIT has tested its high-altitude wind turbine that floats above in windy skies like a blimp. Altaeros Energies…
