Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissue. Octopuses, squids and other sea creatures can perform a disappearing act by using specialized tissues…
Neural Networks Facilitate Optimization in the Search for New Materials Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks…
A new device enables researchers to observe hundreds of neurons in the brain in real-time. The system is based on modified silicon chips from cameras,…
Whether robots are exploring caves on other planets or disaster areas here on Earth, autonomy enables them to navigate extreme environments without human guidance or…
Jellyfish Can Sting Swimmers, Prey With “Mucus Grenades” Interdisciplinary research team discovers, describes new free-floating jellyfish stinging structures. In warm coastal waters around the world,…
A team of physicists has uncovered a new state of matter—a breakthrough that offers promise for increasing storage capabilities in electronic devices and enhancing quantum…
When a Service member suffers a traumatic injury or acute infection, the time from event to first medical treatment is usually the single most significant…
Engineers from MIT have developed a nanofluidic device that enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells. Drugs manufactured by living cells, also…
Engineers from MIT have designed a new chip to implement neural networks. It is 10 times as efficient as a mobile GPU, so it could…
New research suggests that magnesium peroxide may be abundant in extremely oxidized mantles and cores of rocky planets outside our Solar System. Washington, DC —…
New nanotechnology funded by DARPA’s RE-NET program and developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison enables monitoring and stimulation of neurons using…
Wyss Institute has won a DARPA grant to further develop their lightweight Soft Exosuit. The Exosuit is pulled on like a pair of pants and…
This two minute video shows the early development of RoboSimian, an ape-like robot being developed as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. RoboSimian is an…
DARPA researchers have developed new techniques that allow them to measure and control the temperature in living cells. The techniques could support thermal management, control…
Researchers from Honeywell International have modified hollow-core fiber, dramatically improving performance and making it the first hollow-core fiber to demonstrate single-spatial-mode, low-loss and polarization control….
DARPA’s Active Authentication program is working to develop behavioral biometrics focused on the user’s cognitive processes to enhance cyber security. In the world of network…
DARPA’s Vanishing Programmable Resources program seeks to develop electronics capable of dissolving into the environment around them when triggered to do so. The sophisticated electronics…
DARPA’s new Cyber Targeted-Attack Analyzer program looks at how information is connected and moves to uncover and prevent targeted attacks without a human having to…