INL partners with Coreform to improve open-source modeling and simulation tool MOOSE
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Long before an advanced nuclear reactor begins to generate power or another complicated project comes to ...
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Latch, load and release: Elastic motion makes click beetles click, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Click beetles can propel themselves more than 20 body lengths into ...
Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety
Credit: Chao-Yang Wang's lab, Penn State Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge ...
Keeping the costs of superconducting magnets down using ultrasound
Scientists show ultrasonication is a cost-effective approach to enhance the properties of magnesium diboride superconductorsCredit: Shibaura Institute of Technology Superconductivity ...
Army scientists pick top 10 coolest advances of 2020
Credit: U.S. Army ADELPHI, Md. -- Last year had its share of science and technology advances from Army researchers. The ...
Fast decisions of flying insects
Ten times more skilled at 'life or death' reactionsCredit: Flinders Foundation, Jonathan Barge photographer Scientists are homing in on the ...
Experts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys 13,000-fold using Cuckoo Search
Process developed by scientists at Iowa State University and Lehigh University using a hybrid Cuckoo Search - inspired by bird ...
Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish
Fish-inspired robots coordinate movements without any outside controlCredit: Image courtesy of Self-organizing Systems Research Group Schools of fish exhibit complex, ...
How to keep drones flying when a motor fails
Credit: UZH As anxious passengers are often reassured, commercial aircrafts can easily continue to fly even if one of the ...
UCF engineering and biology researchers collaborate to aid coral reef restoration
UCF researchers tested how well staghorn coral skeletons withstand the forces of nature and humans in a new study. The ...
Detecting COVID-19 antibodies in 10-12 seconds
Credit: Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Lab, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on ...
Nanodroplets and ultrasound ‘drills’ prove effective at tackling tough blood clots
Credit: Leela Goel Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered nanodroplets and ...
A bit too much: reducing the bit width of Ising models for quantum annealing
Scientists find a way to make Ising models easier to implement physically for solving combinatorial optimization problemsCredit: Waseda University Given ...
On the road to invisible solar panels: How tomorrow’s windows will generate electricity
A new study led by scientists from Incheon National University in Korea shows how to make a fully transparent solar ...
3D-printed smart gel changes shape when exposed to light
Rutgers engineers' invention can become color-changing 'artificial muscle'Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011 Inspired by the color-changing ...
Convex to concave: More metasurface moiré results in wide-range lens
Credit: Kentaro Iwami/ TUAT The odd, wavy pattern that results from viewing certain phone or computer screens through polarized glasses ...
Comb of a lifetime: a new method for fluorescence microscopy
Scientists develop a fluorescence "lifetime" microscopy technique that uses frequency combs and no mechanical parts to observe dynamic biological phenomenaCredit: ...
Researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water
Credit: Image by the Ganapathysubramanian research group/Iowa State University and Gregory Foss/Texas Advanced Computing Center. AMES, Iowa - Nature has ...
NASA’s Webb sunshield successfully unfolds and tensions in final tests
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer sunshield of NASA's fully assembled James ...
Organic molecules on a metal surface… a machinist’s best friend
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - How can you improve the cutting of "gummy" metals? Purdue University innovators ...