The speedy secrets of mako sharks — ‘cheetahs of the ocean’
Water tunnel experiments at the University of Alabama show how scales help generate super speeds -- work that may inspire ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought
Credit: Charles El Mir/Johns Hopkins University A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could ...
Supercomputing enables sound prediction model for controlling noise
Method could simplify process of designing Helmholtz resonatorsCredit: Courtesy of Lewin Stein, TU Berlin. Noise-cancelling headphones have become a popular ...
No wires, more cuddles: Sensors are first to monitor babies in the NICU without wires
Soft, flexible sensors provide clinical-grade measurements, allow physical bonding between baby and parentCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- An interdisciplinary ...
Global warming leads professor to study impact of freezing temperatures on naval vessel
Credit: The University of Akron Maritime regulations and ship architecture have improved quite a bit since that freezing, deadly night ...
Interactive surfaces enter a whole new dimension of flexibility
Researchers have developed a display that utilizes a flexible tube and liquid droplets inside it as a display materialCredit: Osaka ...
Engineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
Optical effect could be harnessed for light displays, litmus tests, and makeup products Engineers at MIT and Penn State University ...
3D printed tool cuts through titanium, wins innovation prize
High quality cutting tools can now be 3D printed, with potential for time and cost savings in aerospace and Defence ...
Russian engineers to design the body of the Chinese car
Russian engineers took part in the design of one of the lightest SUVs of the BAIC GroupCredit: Peter the Great ...
New study reveals when a superconductor truly becomes super
Scientists confirm existence of 'quantum critical point' in copper-oxide-based superconductors and believe it could be the moment when superconductivity occursCredit: ...
Avoiding the crack of doom
New imaging technique reveals how mechanical damage begins at the molecular scaleCredit: NIST Just as a journey of 1,000 miles ...
Researchers engineer a tougher fiber
Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity ...
Finding keyholes in metals 3D printing
New Research Identifies Causes for Defects in 3D Printing and Paves Way for Better ResultsCredit: Carnegie Mellon University College of ...
UTA grants to enhance nation’s only university-based, arc-heated, hypersonic wind tunnel
Like the windCredit: UT Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington's new arc-heated, hypersonic wind tunnel, one of just a ...
Using E. coli to create bioproducts, like biodiesel, in a cost-effective manner
Credit: LSU College of Engineering BATON ROUGE - Who knew a potentially deadly bacteria could be used for good? LSU ...
The safety guide to nuclear plant design and operation
Nuclear power plant safety book also honors the legacy of Professor Larry HochreiterCredit: World Scientific Design-Basis Accident Analysis Methods for ...
The ‘Laminar Express’: USU engineers dissect the two-seam fastball
Credit: USU News Release -- LOGAN, UTAH -- The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State ...
How goliath groupers behave may be key to national security under the sea
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awards FAU's Harbor Branch up to $5 million to detect undersea threatsCredit: Florida Atlantic ...
New wheelchair design: A hand gear for better ergonomics
Using biomedical modelling, researchers at TU Wien have developed a completely new type of wheelchair; specially designed handles make the ...
Mosquitoes can hear from longer distances than previously thought
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- While most hearing experts would say an eardrum is ...