Fish, seaweed inspire slippery surfaces for ships
Marine vehicles can reduce friction by mimicking the way aquatic creatures secrete mucusCredit: Hyung Jin Sung WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
City, University of London and Howden secure grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering
Project is targeted at reducing leakages in rotating machinery by 20% and improving the efficiency of oil free screw compressors ...
Sculptor creates freely available design for antimicrobial touch guard to save y
The Space Key can be used to touch toilet lids, turn-locks and door handles, slipping after use into a protective ...
Thermal imaging enhances engineers’ understanding of breast tumors
UT Dallas study aims to advance thermography for monitoring tumorsCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas Thermal imaging has been ...
Producing technicolor through brain-like electronic devices
Credit: Junsuk Rho (POSTECH) Structural coloration is promised to be the display technology of the future as there is no ...
Advancing the study of traumatic brain injuries
UTA mechanical engineer to expand research of blast-related traumatic brain injuriesCredit: UT Arlington The Office of Naval Research has awarded ...
NASA’s Webb ‘powerhouse’ solar array reconnects to the telescope
Credit: Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers in a microwave ...
Scientists to discover the unique ductile properties of aluminum
During experiments on high-performance wire arc additive manufacturing researchers produced a metal with unique ductilityCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic ...
New syringe technology could enable injection of highly concentrated biologic drugs
Researchers have designed a simple, low-cost device for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations.Credit: Images courtesy of the researchers and edited ...
Dinosaurs’ unique bone structure key to carrying weight
Trabecular structure different than mammals, birdsCredit: SMU DALLAS (SMU) - Weighing up to 8,000 pounds, hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs were ...
Aerogel – the micro structural material of the future
Thermal insulation for miniature components -printed in 3DCredit: EMPA Behind the simple headline "Additive manufacturing of silica aerogels" - the ...
WVU researchers earn $1.5 million DOE grant to develop technology to decrease natural gas emissions
Credit: Nigel Clark/West Virginia University With the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas production sites, engineers at ...
Machine learning reduces hazards in nuclear power plants
Credit: Virginia Tech Nuclear researcher Juliana Pacheco Duarte is part of a team using nearly $800,000 in funding from the ...
Toward an ultrahigh energy density capacitor
By introducing defects to a common material, Berkeley Lab researchers create a highly efficient capacitor with dramatically increased energy densityCredit: ...
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