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"Skin-Like" Biomedical Bandage Is Stretchy, Durable
The biomedical device mimics the human skin's elastic properties and sensory capabilities.
Big Wave Energy Potential Near Australia, Study Finds
The study concludes that the region has the potential to generate 17 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually from a single wave farm.
Flow Accelerated Corrosion: An Ongoing Risk for Steam Generators
Thirty years after four workers died at a Virginia nuclear power plant, the problem of flow accelerated corrosion remains a concern.
Making Red Mud Greener
About 120 million tons of new red mud waste is produced yearly, which poses environmental risks that include the leaching of harmful chemicals into groundwater.
Mcity Opens Access to Advance Auto Research
Researchers can bring in their own hardware and swap out any sensor or create advanced controls to take advantage of various sensor technologies already on the vehicles.
Paper-based Bicycle Helmet Wins 2016 Dyson Award
EcoHelmet is made of waterproofed paper in a radial honeycomb configuration to protect the head from impact.
Mood Ring Materials Could Detect Cracks in Bridges and Aircraft
Mixing fluorescent nanoparticles and clear polymer resin yields a novel sensor that changes optical properties under stress.
Wolfcamp Shale Confirmed as U.S.' Largest Unconventional Oil Field
USGS says Wolfcamp shale contains an estimated mean of 20 billion barrels of oil, 16 trillion cubic feet of associated natural gas and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.
Remote Sensing Spots Infrastructure Cracks After Disasters
The technology includes the camera hardware, mounted to a plane or unmanned aerial vehicle, and the software, which analyzes the pictures taken.
Hybrid and Electric Vehicles to Be Required to Emit Audible Sound
Officials estimates that the sound requirement will help prevent approximately 2,400 pedestrian injuries each year in the U.S. once all hybrid and electric vehicles are properly equipped.
Glowing Tumors Help Surgeons Cut Out Brain Cancer
The technique uses near-infrared imaging and the contrasting agent indocyanine green, which fluoresces a bright green under NIR light.
Chips Bridge Gap Between Computation and Storage
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are creating chips that can be configured to perform complex calculations and store massive amounts of information in the same integrated unit.
Japan Aims to Build a World-leading Supercomputer
Japan's proposed Artificial Intelligence Bridging Cloud Infrastructure computer could advance AI research and provide processing power for companies and academic institutions.
Bringing Silicon to Life
A team of scientists at Caltech has "bred" a bacterial protein with the ability to make man-made bonds between silicon and carbon.
Solar-powered Thermal Desalination Process
The graphene absorber is easy to transport, making it potentially attractive to use in remote areas and in developing countries.
Video: Worried about the airline losing your luggage? A ten-cent technology could help. Infrastructure failures are likely to grow says a new study. German engineers work to preserve a scenic railway.
Video: Worried about the airline losing your luggage? A ten-cent technology could help. Infrastructure failures are likely to grow says a new study. And German engineers work to preserve a scenic railway.
Surfaces Repel Both Water in Oil and Oil in Water
To date, the ability to repel water when covered by oil, and oil when covered by water, has been regarded as contradictory.
Turning the Living Room into a Wireless Charging Station
The proposed system would operate at microwave frequencies, at which the power transfer distance could extend well beyond the confines of a room.
U.S. Public More Willing to Invest in "Green" Water Projects
People like the idea of permanently protecting waters from their source and avoiding technological fixes.
Wildfire Emissions Analyzed for Health, Climate Effects
A special chamber allows controlled combustion of fuels under flaming and smoldering conditions, after which the emitted smoke particles are aged photochemically in a flow tube reactor.