Virginia team earns spot in international robotics competition
UVA Engineering-Virginia Tech collaborative aims to create robots that work alongside humansCredit: UVA Engineering / Stacey Evans CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
In acoustic waves, engineers break reciprocity with ‘spacetime-varying metamaterials’
The NSF-sponsored research could have implications in communications, medicine and other fieldsCredit: Douglas Levere BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Reciprocity isn't always ...
Pancreatic cancer ‘time machine’ exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion
Credit: Purdue University image/Stephanie Venis, Hye-ran Moon and Bumsoo Han WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Pancreatic cancer has one of the ...
Cyber researchers at Ben-Gurion University fool autonomous vehicle systems with phantom images
Credit: Cyber@bgu BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...February 18, 2020 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have ...
WWI helmets protect against shock waves just as well as modern designs
French Adrian helmet suggests simple geometry may save brains from overhead blastsCredit: Joost Op 't Eynde, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
Longstanding flaw in sensor readings could lead to heating and cooling design errors
Credit: Eric Teitelbaum Standard comfort measurements used to design buildings' heating and cooling systems share a common flaw, according to ...
NSF recognizes Ganesh Balasubramanian with CAREER award
Lehigh University MechE professor utilizes supercomputing to facilitate the successful manufacture of multi-principal element alloysCredit: Douglas Benedict/Academic Image for Lehigh ...
Army researchers develop new method for analyzing metal
Credit: (Photo Credit: Courtesy Dr. Stephen Berkebile) Warfighters on the battlefield often rely on machines, vehicles and other technologies with ...
New air-pressure sensor could improve everyday devices
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- A team of mechanical engineers at Binghamton University, State ...
UTA’s Maddalena named fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society
A career of discoveryCredit: UT Arlington The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) has elected Luca Maddalena, a professor of mechanical and ...
Harnessing the domino effect for deployable structures
Researchers use models and experiments to guide and harness transition waves in multi-stable mechanical structuresCredit: Bertoldi Lab/Harvard SEAS If you've ...
Simple, solar-powered water desalination
System achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater.Credit: Image courtesy of Lenan ...
Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics
Next-generation devices made with new 'peel and stack' method may include electronic chips worn on the skin. BRIEF HED: Flexible ...
Static electricity as strong as lightening can be saved in a battery
Credit: Dong Sung Kim(POSTECH) Static electricity shock which occurs more often in winter is unpleasant. When two different objects are ...
Energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech
Credit: Ilias Belharouak/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb 5, 2020 - Energy storage startup ...
Portable device lights the way to better foodborne illness detection
Credit: Euiwon Bae/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Foodborne illness hits about one in six people in the United States ...
High-tech printing may help eliminate painful shots
4D printing creates tiny needles inspired by parasites that could replace hypodermic needlesCredit: Riddish Morde Painful hypodermic needles may not ...
Deep learning accurately forecasts heat waves, cold spells
Capsule neural network predicts extreme weather with WWII-era analog forecastsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 4, 2020) -- Rice ...
New device identifies high-quality blood donors
Credit: University of British Columbia Blood banks have long known about high-quality donors - individuals whose red blood cells stay ...
Researchers take body armor to the next level with high energy fibers
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science awarded $569,482 from combating terrorism technical support officeCredit: Florida Atlantic University It sounds ...