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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity set to land in early August, NASA is finalizing a game development tool that will offer a 3D interactive experience…
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…
Working on innovative approaches to firefighting, DARPA has been exploring technologies to manipulate and extinguish flames using physics. They were able to suppress fire using…
A newly published study from scientists at Rice University found patterns in the way that surface plasmons influence each other in chains of gold nanoparticles….
Using an algorithm to analyze data and identify safe zones, a team of scientists developed a new semiautonomous safety system that uses an onboard camera…
Similar to the dual layered LCD screens used by Nintendo’s 3DS to create glasses-free 3D images, engineers at MIT developed a “Tensor Display,” which uses…
Using bacteria to breakdown and ferment agricultural waste into ethanol, MSU microbiologists have developed bioelectrochemical systems known as microbial electrolysis cells, which use a second…
Using advanced microfluidics and real-time image processing to classify cells in blood samples, a new optical microscope developed by UCLA engineers is roughly 100 times…
Using a chip to simultaneously harness power from natural light, heat, and vibrations in the environment, MIT researchers are working to develop battery-free monitoring systems…
Developed by engineers at the Wyss Institute, a new biomimetic strategy delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause…
Next month at the ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, a team of researchers will present a new algorithm they developed that allows…
With physical barriers limiting further increases in semiconductor electronic efficiency, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh redesigned the structure of the vacuum electronic device, allowing…