Molten metal. Asegun Henry has a big idea for tackling climate change: Store up the sun. “This is the key, the linchpin that will set…
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Bigon Rings: Researchers described the mathematics that underlie many forms created from thin strips of flexible material. The techniques could assist to form materials that…
First-Ever Transient Pacemaker Harmlessly Dissolves in Body – Disappears After It’s No Longer Needed
An illustration of the transient pacemaker mounted on myocardial tissue. Credit: Northwestern University/George Washington University Wireless, fully implantable device gives temporary pacing without requiring removal.…
Engineers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich find “nanoarchitected” materials designed from precisely patterned nanoscale structures (pictured) may be a promising route to lightweight armor,…
Lightweight aerogel suspended in honeycomb structure. Credit: University of Bath Extremely low-density graphene-based aerogel ‘meringue’ can improve passenger comfort and reduce noise up to 80%.…
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of the bases of pretarsal (ie, on lowest part of leg) adhesive hairs. (A) On the left are the hair…
Jet packs, robot maids, and flying cars were all promises for the 21st century. We got mechanized, autonomous vacuum cleaners instead. Now a team of…
Visualization of a lithium-rich cathode. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and Northeastern University Batteries have come a long way since Volta first stacked copper and zinc…
Boston Micro Fabrication’s machines use a technology co-developed by MIT Professor Nicholas Fang to print millimeter-sized products with details at the micron scale. Credit: courtesy…
First-of-its-kind mechanical model simulates bending of mammalian whiskers. Researchers have developed a new mechanical model that simulates how whiskers bend within a follicle in response…
MIT researchers developed a picking robot that combines vision with radio frequency (RF) sensing to find and grasps objects, even if they’re hidden from view.…
These particles resembling microscopic balls of knitting wool are actually inorganic zeolite particles. The microporous crystalline particles are formed via precipitation as the aluminosilicate colloidal…
Farm of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Credit: Oxford Brookes University The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with…
The drone-delivery service in Christiansburg, Va. — the first in the country to deliver goods directly to residences on demand — gave researchers a unique…
A “spherical chicken” approximation to the bird lung showing how the back-and-forth air motions during inhalation (blue arrows) and exhalation (red) lead to one-way flow…
New soft, mechanical metamaterials can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via preprogrammed reactions. Credit: Elizabeth Flores-Gomez Murray/ Penn State New…
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record. Credit: Purdue University/Jared Pike New…
Jessica Xu, a senior studying mechanical engineering, has combined her passion for art and engineering through her work on medical devices. Credit: John Freidah Everything…
For the study, the researchers created a computer model of a classroom with students and a teacher, then modeled airflow and disease transmission, and calculated…
Griffith-type transonic airfoil inside the wind tunnel test section. Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Armando Collazo Garcia III got more than he expected from a…