Turbocharging the switch to efficient engines
Credit: © 2019 Eshan Singh A combustion problem that has troubled engine manufacturers since the industry began still plagues the ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
Global partners meet to develop sustainable cooling solutions that won’t over-heat the planet
Experts from the University of Birmingham are working with the World Bank Group and the UK Department of Business Energy ...
NUST MISIS scientists managed to increase rocket fuel burning rate by almost 5 times
Credit: ©Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Due to the unique catalysts based on metal nanopowders scientists of the National University of Science ...
PolyU develops electrostatically charged nanofiber for airborne filtration
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently ...
Building starch backbones for lab-grown meat using Lego pieces
Credit: Patrick Mansell A new technique to spin starch fibers using Lego pieces could have future applications for lab-grown "clean" ...
New structural phase transition may broaden the applicability of photo-responsive solids
Scientists discover possibility of remotely controlling next-generation actuators by lightCredit: Waseda University A team of scientists from Waseda University in ...
Rapid magnetic 3D printing of human cells
Credit: Jin Lee, McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering Imagine being able to visit your physician, and instead of being given ...
Lehigh University researcher Nader Motee honored with 2019 SIAG/CST Best SICON Paper Prize
Expert in complex engineering networks recognized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for fundamental contributions to spatially distributed systems ...
Ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential broad adoption
Credit: Matthew Yandell A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with ...
Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen
Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed A new system devised by ...
Mechanical engineering professor collaborates on robot feasibility study
Manufacturing efficiencyCredit: Jeremy Agor A UTA mechanical engineer has partnered with a long-time friend from his home nation of South ...
Open source software helps researchers extract key insights from huge sensor datasets
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Professor Andreas Schütze and his team of experts in measurement and sensor technology at Saarland ...
4D-printed materials can be stiff as wood or soft as sponge
Rutgers engineers' unique smart materials change shape as temperatures changeCredit: Chen Yang/Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Imagine smart materials that can morph ...
Hannover Messe: Motorless pumps and self-regulating valves made from ultrathin film
Credit: Credit: Oliver Dietze The valves and pumps being developed by the research group led by Professor Stefan Seelecke at ...
Project aims to tame noise from supersonic military jets with ‘swirl’ technology
Credit: Zhi Wang LAWRENCE -- It's cliché to describe something very noisy as "louder than a jet engine." But supersonic ...
‘Terminator’-like liquid metal moves and stretches in 3D space (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects ...
Novel sensor system improves reliability of high-temperature humidity measurements
Hannover MesseCredit: Photo credit: Oliver Dietze A new sensor system developed in Saarbrücken, Germany can not only carefully control drying ...
University of Luxembourg cooperates with ArianeGroup on rocket engine technology
Credit: Arianespace The University of Luxembourg and the European rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup have signed a collaboration agreement to advance research ...
Smart glove for Industry 4.0: Connecting the physical hand to the virtual world
Hannover MesseCredit: Oliver Dietze Researchers at Saarland University have created an ultrathin flexible film that can act as a sensor ...
Robot arms with the flexibility of an elephant’s trunk
Artificial muscles capable of manipulating large grippers or tiny endoscopesCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Unlike conventional robot arms with their hinged ...