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Bio-Derived Battery Is Long Lasting and High Voltage
The battery is similar to many commercially available, high-energy lithium-ion batteries, but uses flavin from vitamin B2 as the cathode.
Neural Dust Sensors That Offer In-body Telemetry
Tiny implantable wireless sensors record electrical signals from muscles and nerves in real-time.
Lightweight Shape-Memory Alloy Could Have Aerospace Applications
Shape-memory alloys show behaviors such as superelasticity and shape recovery upon heating.
Engineers Without Borders USA: Taking on the Toughest Challenges
For many of the engineer-volunteers, the work with EWB-USA stands as a career highlight that reminds them of why they were first drawn to engineering.
Tougher Standards for Cybersecurity Supply Chains
The reliability standard could address software integrity and authenticity; vendor remote access; information system planning; and vendor risk management and procurement controls.
Nissan Unveils Solid-oxide Fuel Cell Vehicle
The e-Bio Fuel Cell prototype vehicle runs on 100% ethanol to charge a 24kWh battery that enables a cruising range of more than 600km.
Computer Analysis Maps Hidden Freshwater Runoff
The study identified 12% of the continental U.S. coastline where hidden drainage systems make the ocean most susceptible to freshwater contamination.
Bioengineers Grow Living Bone for Facial Rebuild
Researchers chose pigs to test the new bone reconstruction technique because their jaw anatomy and type of force and movement are similar to those of humans.
Geotechnical Society: Getting More than "Just" a College Education
Zachary Brady invested in his future by serving as president of a campus engineering club. He discusses geotechnical engineering, the KU Geotechnical Society, and non-book learning with Engineering360.
Battery Self-Destructs after Powering Transient Electronics
Li-ion battery self-destructs in water after delivering 2.5 V for 15 minutes.
Vortex Laser Boosts Data Transfer Rates
The laser beam’s corkscrew travel pattern enables it to carry 10 times or more the amount of information of conventional lasers.
Automaker Fabricates Vehicle Panels from Graphene
The benefits could have implications for cost, performance and fuel economy.
Personal Humidifier Aims to Combat Dry Aircraft Cabins
A generator produces vortex rings of humid air that could double humidity rates in dry aircraft cabins.
Explaining the Origins of Concrete "Creep"
Calcium-silicate-hydrates tend to dissolve at high-stress regions and re-precipitate at low-stress regions.
EPA to Propose Emission Standards for Aircraft
The endangerment finding concludes that carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride from certain aircraft engines contribute to climate change.
Advance Claimed in Kidney Stone Treatment
A natural fruit extract could advance the treatment of kidney stones.
Amazon to Test Drone Deliveries in UK
Amazon anticipates that its Prime Air service will deliver packages of up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less using small drones.
Marcellus Fracking Waste Below Federal Guidelines
Drilling a horizontal well in the Marcellus shale produces about 500 tons of rock fragments, known as cuttings.
Optical Encoder May Improve Accuracy, Signal Processing
Renishaw has introduced a series of accuracy digital incremental encoders.
Oxo-Biodegradable Plastic Can Be Recycled Safely: Report
A report says that oxo-biodegradable plastics have no deleterious effects on recycling processes or recycled plastic products.