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Overhead view of the proposed ark design. Credit: Jekan Thanga The ambitious project proposed by a University of Arizona team aims to preserve humankind –…
Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less, according to Rice University engineers.…
Frost breaks off and “jumps” upward due to an electrostatic charge. Credit: Virginia Tech If you have ever gotten up on a winter morning and…
Sandia National Laboratories researchers in the Mechanics of Materials department utilize the new fracture testing hangers for traditional interlaminar composite fracture testing as well as…
Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing metamaterials, or materials that don’t occur naturally and whose mechanical properties result from their designed structure…
A new technique, developed by researchers at NC State, UNC, and Michigan, uses an ultrasound “drill” to burst nanodroplets in and around hardened blood clots.…
The solar cell created by the team is transparent, allowing its use in a wide range of applications. Credit: Joondong Kim from Incheon National University…
2D arrangement of 44,400 light stopwatches enables scan-less fluorescence lifetime imaging. Credit: Tokushima University Comb of a Lifetime: A New Method for Fluorescence Microscopy Fluorescence…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is designing a neutronic research engine to evaluate new materials and designs for advanced vehicles using the facilities at the Spallation…
The researchers have developed an origami-inspired, folded plastic fuel bladder that doesn’t crack at super cold temperatures and could someday be used to store and…
High-speed video imaging reveals the two main components of a sneeze in colorful detail: a shower of larger droplets (shown in green) and a cloud…
Recent graduate Showvik Haque (left) joked that Spencer Lab, home of the Mechanical Engineering Department at UD, is his “home.” He and fellow mechanical engineering…
MIT researchers have built a battery-free pinpointing system dubbed Underwater Backscatter Localization (UBL). This photo shows the battery-free sensor encapsulated in a polymer before it…
Complex interlocking components mean no tools are needed. Credit: © Larsson et al. An interactive system to design and fabricate structurally sound wood joints. Wood…
Photo (left) of a nanowire forest being sprayed on a miniature tree, with color (purple) arising from embedded gold nanoparticles. Electron microscope image (right) of…
A prototype of the new two-stage water harvesting system (center right), was tested on an MIT rooftop. The device, which was connected to a laptop…
The bottom layer of the Janus emitter absorbs the heat inside the vehicle and emits it through the top layer to the atmosphere (indicated in…
Hydrogen can cause brittleness in several metals including ferritic steel, but recent advancements provide insight into the embrittlement process. a) The arrowhead-shaped delaminations in stainless…
A slingshot spider is ready to launch its cone-shaped web at a flying insect. To do so, the spider will release a bundle of silk,…