Yale Engineers Believe Cornstarch Could Lead To Better Protective Gear
New research from the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science is examining how cornstarch could lead to better protective gear for police, military and…
New research from the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science is examining how cornstarch could lead to better protective gear for police, military and…
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,…
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have developed one of the first soft robots that moves autonomously. Traditional industrial robots are rigid — mostly metal…
A team of researchers has created the first 3D maps of entire folded genomes, identifying approximately 10,000 folding loops in the human genome. In a…
A newly published study from the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shows that programmable biomaterials can be delivered using needle…
Engineers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a chip-scale device that uses the wave-particle duality of single photons to sense…
Using microwaves and magnets, researchers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science developed a hybrid system for quantum communication. Yale engineers have developed…
SEAS engineers have developed a metal-free flow battery, which relies on the electrochemistry of naturally abundant molecules called quinones, that could fundamentally transform the way…
Using a glass honeycomb-like structure coated with a Teflon-like chemical, a team of researchers has created a “superglass” that could lead to self-cleaning, scratch-resistant windows,…
A new study and video detail the first controlled flight of robotic RoboBees. Last summer, in a Harvard robotics laboratory, an insect took flight. Half…
Scientists at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a microelectronic device that controls the flow of ions through a nanometer channel…
Using a 180-nanometer-thick layer of vanadium dioxide on top of a sheet of sapphire, researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have…
A new study from scientists at Harvard University describes the mechanism by which coiling occurs in the cucumber plant and suggests designs for biomimetic twistless…
By plating a very thin wafer of silicon with a nanometer-thin layer of gold, applied physicists have created an ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light…
In a newly published study, a team of researchers describes their new approach towards creating polymeric thin film biomaterials that achieve mechanical rigidity in conjunction…
A newly published study from a team of engineers describes a strategy for building self-thermoregulating nanomaterials called SMARTS, which may be able to be tailored…
By packaging Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) inside biodegradable nanoparticles, scientists developed a nanoparticle-based system to deliver growth factors to stem cells in culture, resulting in…
Using a bilayer of platinum and VOx for the anode, Harvard scientists have demonstrated a solid-oxide fuel cell that converts hydrogen into electricity and can…