Engineers Create Synthetic Materials That Can Change Colors and Textures
A team of engineers has developed a new synthetic material that can change its fluorescence and texture in response to a change in voltage applied…
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Rice Wireless Engineers Unveil a Multiuser, Multiantenna Transmission Scheme for UHF
By combining several proven technologies that are already widely used in wireless data transmission, engineers from Rice University have created a multiuser, multiantenna scheme to…
Untethered Electric Robotic Cheetah Runs and Jumps Across the Grass
MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm that allows their electric powered robotic cheetah to run and jump, untethered, across grass. See the MIT cheetah-bot…
BMGs – A New Generation of Strong Pliable Materials
Yale researchers have developed a new method that softens bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) sufficiently to allow for shaping – allowing the researchers to use the…
Materials Scientists Reveal the Power of Hidden Patterns
Materials Scientists at MIT have begun to explore the effects of patterned surfaces deep within materials, revealing that control of internal patterns can lead to…
New Terahertz Modulator Could Lead to More Advanced Medical and Security Imaging
Researchers from UCLA have developed a terahertz modulator that performs across a wide range of the terahertz band with very high efficiency and signal clarity,…
Three-Atom Thick Crystal is Capable of Toggling Between Two Electrical States
New research from Stanford University shows how to make a three-atom thick crystal that would toggle like a light switch between conductive and non-conductive structures,…
Nanoscale Structures Could Yield Higher-Performance Computer Memory
UCLA researchers have created nanoscale structures for computer chips that could yield higher-performance memory in computers, mobile electronics such as smart phones and tablets, as…
Printable Robots That Self-Assemble When Heated
Using new algorithms and electronic components, researchers demonstrate the promise of printable robotic components that, when heated, automatically fold into prescribed three-dimensional configurations. Printable robots…
New Class of Topological Insulators is 1,000 Times More Energy-Efficient
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new class of topological insulators that use 1,000 times less…
Engineers Develop Video Game Controller that Can Sense Players’ Emotions
Engineers from Stanford University have developed a handheld video game controller that can measure the player’s physiology and alter the gameplay to make it more…
Stanford Engineers Improve Flexible Carbon Nanotube Circuits
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a process to make flexible carbon nanotube circuits more reliable and efficient, paving the way for digital devices that…
Using “Multiferroics” Researchers Make Major Improvements in Computer Processing
A team of UCLA researchers has demonstrated that using an emerging class of magnetic materials called “multiferroics” to generate spin waves could reduce wasted heat…
Graphene Balloon Yields Unprecedented Images of Hydrated Molecules
By using a “graphene balloon,” researchers from Michigan Tech and the University of Illinois-Chicago found a way to make electron microscopes friendlier to biological samples….
Engineers Demonstrate Active Electromagnetic Cloaking
By surrounding an object with small antennas that collectively radiate an electromagnetic field, engineers demonstrate active electromagnetic cloaking. Invisibility cloaking is no longer the stuff…
Solid Concepts 3D Prints First Metal Gun
Using a laser sintering process and powdered metals, Solid Concepts manufactures the world’s first 3D-printed metal gun. Austin, TX – Solid Concepts, one of the…
Engineers Build a Carbon Nanotube Computer
A newly published study details how Stanford engineers built a basic computer using carbon nanotubes. A team of Stanford engineers has built a basic computer…
Stanford Scientists Generate Electricity from Sewage
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a “microbial battery” driven by naturally occurring bacteria that have evolved to produce electricity as they digest organic material….