Sandia launches a bus into space
HOT SHOT sounding rocket program picks up flight paceCredit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories recently launched ...
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The new quadruped robot HyQReal tested by pulling 3 tons airplane
Credit: IIT/Illusion Video Production Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia presented at ICRA 2019 - the International Conference on Robotics ...
Seeing inside superfog
High humidity and plant moisture combine with cold air and smoke from burning vegetation to form particularly dense fog, but ...
Researchers from IKBFU study properties of amorphous microwires
Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Glass coated amorphous microwires are the newest perspective magnetic composite alloys that can be ...
Lithium-ion battery inventor wins world’s oldest scientific prize
UT's Professor John Goodenough, inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has been awarded the Royal Society of London's Copley MedalCredit: Cockrell ...
Researchers gain key insight into solar material’s soaring efficiency
How the performance of cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells is improved by the addition of seleniumCredit: First Solar The rows ...
When wheels and heads are spinning — DFG research project on motion sickness in automated driving
Whether it is working on the computer or playing a card game with the kids - automated driving creates plenty ...
NTU Singapore develops technology that can 3D-print a bathroom unit within a day
Innovation developed in partnership with Sembcorp Design and Construction, and Sembcorp Architects & EngineersCredit: NTU Singapore Researchers from Nanyang Technological ...
A better understanding of the von Willebrand Factor’s A2 domain
Credit: Professors Xiaohui (Frank) Zhang, Alparslan Oztekin, Xuanhong Cheng and Edmund Webb III of Lehigh University Under normal, healthy circulatory ...
‘Spidey senses’ could help autonomous machines see better
Researchers are building animal-inspired sensors into the shells of aircraft, carsCredit: Illustration by Taylor Callery WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- What ...
Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service Putting their own twist on robots that amble through complicated landscapes, the Stanford Student Robotics ...
Wearable cooling and heating patch could serve as personal thermostat and save energy
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a ...
New surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency
A slippery surface for liquids with very low surface tension promotes droplet formation, facilitating heat transferCredit: Karim Khalil et al. ...
Researchers identify faster, more effective drug combinations to treat tuberculosis
Credit: D.L. Clemens Tuberculosis is a potentially deadly though curable disease. Each year about 10 million people develop active cases, ...
Clean and effective electronic waste recycling
Credit: Prof. Hamid Hosano As the number of electronics devices increases around the world, finding effective methods of recycling electronic ...
Cryogenics equipment maker licenses ORNL method for more efficient liquid helium use
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 14, 2019--Advanced Research Systems, Inc., has ...
High-tech pets designed to care for seniors
Improving upon an existing line of robotic pets, a UC professor and her class have created a lifelike dog that ...
A step for a promising new battery to store clean energy
Researchers find way to build potassium-oxygen batteries that last longer COLUMBUS, Ohio--Researchers have built a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen ...
Signals to noise in acoustic vehicles alerting systems
Experts will discuss the health and safety concerns of making quiet cars louder at the 177th Acoustical Society of America ...
A metal sheet stamping simulation promises improved car part production
Kanazawa University-led researchers simulate the industrial process of stamping features into metal sheets without causing the sheets to tear, twist, ...