Researchers Use a Small Electric Charge to Control the Bubbles of Boiling Water
For the first time, scientists from MIT have found a way to control the boiling process. The system could improve the efficiency of electric power…
For the first time, scientists from MIT have found a way to control the boiling process. The system could improve the efficiency of electric power…
Engineers from MIT have developed a new system that replaces human intuition with algorithms. The “Data Science Machine” outperformed 615 of 906 human teams in…
NASA engineers have successfully completed heat shield testing of an Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) model under conditions akin to entering the Martian…
Scientists from Brown University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed a method for making perovskite cells larger while maintaining efficiency. Using a newly…
Biological engineers from MIT have designed a modular system of proteins that can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a…
Engineers from Brown University have made progress on a key component for terahertz wireless: multiplexing and de-multiplexing a terahertz stream. Terahertz radiation could one day…
Engineers from MIT have developed a new system to print transparent glass in 3-D. This new system is the first to create strong, solid glass…
More efficient memory-management scheme could help enable chips with thousands of cores. Researchers from MIT have unveiled the first fundamentally new approach to cache coherence…
In a new study, researchers detail how a technique called plasma wakefield acceleration could enable them to build more economical particle colliders. A study led…
Engineers from NASA, MIT, and Stanford are developing “hedgehog” robots that are specifically designed to overcome the challenges of traversing small bodies in microgravity by…
A new Web-based interface allows a wide range of modifications to basic designs that are printable on a 3-D printer, allowing novices to do in…
The Zero Knowledge Warhead Verification Program aims to identify nuclear weapons while protecting secret information. “Energy is incredibly fundamental to life,” MIT graduate student Ruaridh…
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…
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…
New research from the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science is examining how cornstarch could lead to better protective gear for police, military and…
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…
Scientists at Brown University predict that a material made from hafnium, nitrogen, and carbon would have the highest known melting point, about two-thirds the temperature…
In a newly published study, researchers reveal new insights into the coupling between wetting and catalytic activity and suggest that catalyst hydrophobicity should be considered…