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 ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
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 ...
National Academy of Engineering elects 86 members and 18 foreign members
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 86 new members and 18 foreign members, announced NAE President C. D. ...
The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted
Credit: Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan A female Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular ...
Enlarged prostate could actually be stopping tumor growth, simulations show
Credit: Video by Guillermo Lorenzo, University of Pavia. Edited by Erin Easterling, Purdue University. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- For men ...
Mean streets: Self-driving cars will 'cruise' to avoid paying to park
Autonomous vehicles 'have every incentive to create havoc,' transportation planner saysCredit: UC Santa Cruz If you think traffic in city ...
Effectively collecting tiny droplets for biomedical analysis and beyond
Credit: City University of Hong Kong & PNAS In a single sneeze or a cough, as many as 40,000 tiny ...
Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
Soft, squishy device could potentially track ulcers, cancers, and other GI conditions over the long term MIT engineers have designed ...
Smart, self-powered knee implants could reduce number of knee replacement surgeries
Implants can provide doctors with regular activity updates and are powered by the patient's movementCredit: Binghamton University, State University of ...
SwRI engineers create decision-making tool for oil spill clean-up
Tool finds the best solutions for specific spill scenarios SAN ANTONIO -- January 21, 2019 -- A team of Southwest ...
Mechanical engineers develop process to 3D print piezoelectric materials
New printing technique and materials could be used to develop intelligent materials and self-adaptive infrastructures and transducersCredit: Photo by H. ...
PNNL tech serves as fish body double
PNNL's autonomous 'Sensor fish' and acoustic transmitter licensed by wildlife tracking company ATSCredit: PNNL Hundreds of surrogate "fish" will be ...
Guiding the way to a more sustainable energy future
Lehigh's Energy Research Center helps lead society's transition away from fossil fuelsCredit: Lehigh University The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...