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Hydro Projects Could Boost Methylmercury Levels
Microbes convert naturally occurring mercury in soils into methylmercury when land is flooded, such as when dams are built for hydroelectric projects.
First Citywide Test of Radioactivity
A key element of SIGMA, which began in 2014, has been to develop and test low-cost, high-efficiency radiation sensors that detect gamma and neutron radiation.
Process to Improve Data Storage Efficiency
Researchers developed a process that may reduce the energy required for big data and cloud memory storage.
Eyewall-Penetrating Satellites Could Improve Storm Forecasts
Unlike existing operational weather satellites, CYGNSS can penetrate the heavy rain of a hurricane's eyewall to gather data about a storm's intense inner core.
Birds Inspire New Technique for Structural Color
Researchers have developed a system to build large-scale meta-materials with structural color.
Large-Scale Wind Farms Cut Turbine Efficiency: Study
Each turbine in the presence of many other turbines generates about 20% of the electricity compared to what an isolated turbine would generate.
NHTSA Seeks to Block Device Functions While Driving
Device manufacturers are encouraged to ensure that certain activities that inherently interfere with the driver’s ability to safely control the vehicle would be "locked out" while driving.
Protein Feed and Bioplastic Created from Farm Biogas
Until now, the processing of methane-rich biogas into biomethane has been viable only on large biogas-producing sites.
Smart Window Offers Privacy, Light Control on Demand
The researchers have created a smart window by sandwiching a polymer matrix containing microdroplets of liquid crystal materials and an amorphous silicon layer between two glass panes.
Study Finds Land Losses from Gulf Oil Spill
The impacts of the spill documented by the team included both the loss of wetlands due to shoreline erosion and island fragmentation.
Biocomposite Bridge Opens in the Netherlands
To develop the biocomposite, fibers were stuck to a biological polylactic acid foam core, after which a bioresin was sucked into the fiber layers using a vacuum to produce a strong girder.
Bio-Derived Glue Holds Together Underwater
Mussels secrete a combination of natural liquid superglues and stretchy fibers, called byssal threads, that adhere equally well in saltwater and freshwater.
Significant Economic Losses if River Locks Fail
Barge transportation is of great importance to U.S. agriculture because of its comparatively low transport costs compared to overland modes.
Automotive Robots Step Out from Safety Barrier
The brains of the smart robot are in software that processes waves and gestures, calculates all sequences of human motion recorded by the sensors around its working area and evaluates the results.
Smart Patch Conquers Blood Clots
Microneedles release blood-thinning drug in response to bloodstream levels of a clotting enzyme.
Manmade Diamond Powers Nuclear Battery
Researchers have grown a man-made diamond that, when placed in a radioactive field, is able to generate a small electrical current.
Flexible Graphene Antennas for Near-Field Communication
Graphene Flagship’s Italian partner CNR-ISOF’s has demonstrated the use of graphene to produce fully flexible near-field communication antennas.
Researchers Generate 3-D Virtual Reality Models of Unborn Babies
Parents may soon be able to watch their unborn babies grow, thanks to technology that transforms MRI and ultrasound data into a 3-D virtual reality model of a fetus.
Water Behavior when Confined in Carbon Nanotubes
Researchers have found that inside carbon nanotubes water can freeze solid even at temperatures that would normally make it boil.
Fiber Optics Pioneer Wins Tyndall Award
This award is conferred by the Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society and is one of the most prestigious awards the two societies present.