Engineers Develop Optical Devices That Shape Light in Exotic Ways
Engineers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology have developed innovative flat, optical lenses that are capable of manipulating light in…
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Yale Engineers Develop a Shape-Shifting Navigation Device for the Visually Impaired
Researchers from Yale University have developed a shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired. Combine mechanical engineering, experimental theater, and an old…
Solid Electrolyte Paves the Way for Rechargeable Batteries with Almost Indefinite Lifetimes
Engineers from MIT and Samsung have developed an approach for a solid electrolyte that could greatly improve both battery lifetime and safety, while providing a…
Aluminum “Yolk-and-Shell” Nanoparticle Boosts Capacity and Power of Lithium-ion Batteries
New research from MIT and Tsinghua University in China reveals that an aluminum “yolk-and-shell” nanoparticle could boost the capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries. One…
New Biosensors Turn Bacteria Into a Source of Natural Energy
New biosensors enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli. The process could be leveraged for sustainable biomanufacturing, using the metabolic processes of…
SEAS Engineers Develop More Efficient Solar Cells
Using a technique that mimics how plants use solar energy and forcing two otherwise incompatible molecules to work together to cover the full color spectrum,…
NASA SLS Program ‘Right on Track’ for Journey to Mars
NASA’s Space Launch System Program has completed its review – another step forward for the program that will help launch astronauts on missions to an…
UCLA Unveils An Augmented Reality Sandbox
The Augmented Reality Sandbox allows students to interact with a miniature landscape, sculpting mountains, valleys, rivers and even volcanoes, with off the shelf readily available…
New Polymer Gel Could Create Edible Devices for Ultra-Long Drug Delivery
A team of scientists has developed a polymer gel that could allow for the development of long-acting devices that reside in the stomach, including orally…
Gallium Nitride Electronics Poised to Drastically Cut Energy Usage
Using an exotic material called gallium nitride (GaN), Cambridge Electronics Inc. has announced a line of GaN transistors and power electronic circuits that promise to…
Light-Capturing Nanomaterials to Boost Efficiency of Photovoltaic Solar Cells
A new method to incorporate light-capturing nanomaterials into future solar-panel designs could make it easier for engineers to boost the efficiency and reduce the costs…
“Windbots” – The Future Explorers of Planetary Skies?
Engineers are investigating the feasibility of creating a windbot, a new class of robotic probe designed to stay aloft in a planet’s atmosphere for a…
Researchers Develop a New Device for Studying Changes in T Cells
Scientists at the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a passive-flow microfluidic device for imaging latent HIV activation dynamics in single T…
Hybrid Boron Nitride Nanostructures Will Keep Small Electronics Cool
Researchers from Rice University have completed the first theoretical analysis of how 3D boron nitride might be used as a tunable material to control heat…
Distributed Electric Propulsion May Usher in a New Era of Flight
NASA scientists believe distributed electric propulsion is set to usher in a new era of aviation, allowing engineers to do things that they have wanted…
New Technology Could Transform Solar Energy Storage
Chemists at UCLA have developed a new technology that is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks — an advance that could…
ESA Selects Contractor for JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Icy Moons
Airbus Defence & Space in France has been selected as the prime industrial contractor for ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. The…
Harvard Engineers Create a 3D Printed Autonomous Robot
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have developed one of the first soft robots that moves autonomously. Traditional industrial robots are rigid — mostly metal…