New Metamaterial Design Extremely Efficient at Capturing Light
Based on computer simulations, new research shows that a new metamaterial design is able to absorb a wide range of light with extremely high efficiency….
Based on computer simulations, new research shows that a new metamaterial design is able to absorb a wide range of light with extremely high efficiency….
By using the power of carbon nanotubes, scientists have almost tripled the speed of prototype nano-biosensors. The researchers believe that this nanotechnology will make it…
As manufacturers continue to increase their chip performance by increasing the number of cores they contain, the risk of failure and faulty design issues also…
By using a mathematical procedure developed by a team of engineers at MIT, new software can optimize path planning for automated underwater vehicles (AUVs), even…
Solar start-up company Ampuse has teamed up with NREL and ORNL to reduce the cost of solar cells through the use of a new manufacturing…
New software for creating advanced 3D characters like those seen in blockbuster films will allow inexperienced users a chance to create their own movie magic….
DARPA’s newest “Cheetah” robot set a new land speed record for legged robots when it galloped at speeds of 18 miles per hour, besting the…
Electron ptychography is set to revolutionize the electron microscope. By doing away with the lens, electron ptychography forms the image by reconstructing the scattered electron…
Improvements in polymer solar cell technology continue as a new report documents the highest independently measured efficiency for a polymer solar cell, 10.6+/-0.3% with respect…
Researchers from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) developed a bio-inspired robotic fish to mimic the tail propulsion of a swimming fish and conducted…
Researchers at Cornell University are designing robots that can autonomously traverse and manipulate a 3-D truss structure by using specially designed gears and joints to…
Researchers continue to search for ways to filter out the CO2 generated by coal-burning power plants before it reaches the atmosphere, a process commonly known…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a “smart outlet” that includes four receptacles, each with voltage/current sensing; actuation (switching); a computer for implementing the…
All-optical routers managing Internet traffic would be much more energy efficient than what we have today, but their development has been hindered by the lack…
Researchers at MIT developed a MEMS device that enables 3-D sensing on a single chip by using a new design approach. Their new design method…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are focusing on the development of biomaterials and peripheral nerves at the interface site between the nervous system and where…
Researchers studying the iridescent properties of butterfly wings think that this could help engineers develop temperature sensors that are smaller and faster. This technology could…
Researchers at Drexel University are planning to print robotic dinosaurs that have been cast from real fossils, in an effort to better understand them. Kenneth…