Food scraps get a bold new life
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Most people don't think much about the food ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
Energy drives the universe. The application of thermodynamics provides the directions.
Opportunities in energy research and applications to contemporary energy needs.Credit: World Scientific The progress of civilization is dependent on the ...
NTU Professor’s achievements recognised with ASME’s prestigious medal
Research has seen him scrutinising geckos, bones, and conch shellsCredit: NTU Singapore As a child, Professor Gao Huajian, Distinguished University ...
New optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composite materials
New design approach for manufacturing carbon fibers with optimized orientation and thickness achieves weight reduction in fiber reinforced plasticsCredit: Robert ...
Using waste heat to power an environmentally sustainable future
City, University of London's Dr Martin White, explores a novel organic Rankine system for converting waste heat into electricity.Credit: Dr ...
Keeping it rolling
Researchers at Osaka University employ machine learning algorithms to assess the remaining useful life of mechanical rolling bearings, which may ...
Solid-state batteries line up for better performance
Credit: Graphic courtesy Beniamin Zahiri and Paul Braun CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Solid-state batteries pack a lot of energy into a ...
New study presents evaporation-driven transport-control of small molecules along nanoslits
Credit: UNIST Microfluidic chips hold great promise for unparalleled applications in pathogen detection and cancer diagnosis. Such devices often require ...
E-scooters as a new micro-mobility service
SMART researchers found that e-scooters are not only a last-mile solution to complement transit services, but also provide a mobility ...
Four Maryland engineers receive CAREER awards
Credit: University of Maryland Four faculty members of the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering -- Shelby ...
New medical image fusion method draws on deep learning to improve patient outcomes
Credit: The authors Image fusion is a process that can enhance the clinical value of medical images, improving the accuracy ...
A LiDAR device the size of a finger available
Credit: POSTECH The nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature ...
Two-in-one: Wide-angle monitoring meets high-resolution capture in new camera platform
Researchers construct a dual hybrid camera system enabling a 360-degree monitoring for target detection and its capture in high resolutionCredit: ...
To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water
Credit: Martin Visser, Unsplash Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe ...
Discovering candidate for reflex network of walking cats: Understanding animals with robots
Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers from Osaka University developed a quadruped robot platform that can reproduce the neuromuscular ...
Engineering diseased human skin in vitro
Credit: POSTECH The skin, which covers the surface of the human body, is its largest organ. It is the first ...
Rapid rovers, speedy sands: fast-tracking terrain interaction modeling
Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Granular materials, such as sand and gravel, are an interesting class of materials. They can ...
NPS, NASA team up on “astrobatics” project to advance spacecraft robotics
Credit: (Courtesy photo provided by NASA) On March 17, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students and researchers in the NPS Spacecraft ...
Robotic flexing: biologically inspired artificial muscles made from motor proteins
Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machineryCredit: Yuichi Hiratsuka from JAIST. Ishikawa, ...
FAU gets CDC grant to test PPE efficacy and workplace virus transmission
College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers will assess safety measures against airborne transmission of viral infectionsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida ...