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Fast-charging super-capacitor could accelerate renewable energy usage
From electric vehicles to wind, wave and solar energy generation could be improved.
Self-driving freight startup to provide all-electric vehicles for Swedish drink company
Einride will enable zero emissions trucks for Swedish vendor Oatly.
Team develops extra-sensitive bioelectronic ammonia sensor
A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed an extremely sensitive bioelectronic ammonia gas sensor.
The Pulse360: Insights into solar combiner equipment searches
Searches from the fabricated metal sector for solar combiner equipment has doubled.
Online portal tracks, forecasts COVID-19 cases
The tool predicts COVID-19 disease transmission based on county data of daily reported infections and current movement restrictions, such as shelter-in-place and social distancing orders.
Team is developing face mask that emits fluorescent signal when it encounters COVID-19
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University are modifying a tool originally used to detect the Ebola and Zika viruses to also detect SARS-CoV2 (CoV2), the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Researchers develop anti-viral nano-coating to prevent surface transmissions of COVID-19
A team from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel is developing anti-viral nanoparticle coatings that could potentially prevent surface transmissions of SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, which can live on some surfaces for prolonged periods.
Video: Expandable foam could make 3D printing large objects easier
The material could one day be used for large objects in architecture, aerospace and biomedicine.
Plans approved for largest solar power facility in US
When completed in 2022, the $1 billion Gemini Solar Project will also be the eighth largest solar power station in the world.
Researchers develop coating that kills COVID-19, other viruses
Researchers from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a multi-level antimicrobial polymer coating that can inactivate bacteria, viruses and spores.
Textile coating for PPE could repel COVID-19
Researchers from the LAMP Lab at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering created a textile coating that can repel liquids like blood and saliva and prevent viruses from adhering to the surface.
Air Force engineers fix damaged plane while sheltering in place
Despite being under shelter-in-place orders stemming from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, engineers from the U.S. Air Force managed to fix one of its assets remotely.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joins COVID-19 response
A branch of the Army that normally works without much media attention, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has become a notable participant in the coronavirus response.
Eco-friendly polyurethane foam created from microalgae
Researchers from the University of San Diego are advancing their brand of renewable and biodegradable materials to create coated fabrics, patent leather, adhesives, flavors and fragrances.
UK companies jointly develop social distancing tool for transportation industry
Two U.K. tech companies have jointly developed a device that will enable those in the transportation industry to maintain social distancing guidelines, developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while continuing to build, repair and maintain critical transportation infrastructure such as roadways.
US military issues RfP for wearable tech that can spot coronavirus symptoms
The U.S. military has issued a request for proposal (RfP) for wearable technology that can identify soldiers and other military personnel infected with the COVID-19 virus.
New composite and curing method yield lightweight radiation shielding
A lightweight polymer composite could replace lead and other heavy, potentially toxic and more costly metals used as ionizing radiation shielding materials in medical, military and other applications.
Efficiency gains for perovskite solar cells designed for indoor use
Performance of the perovskite devices on ultra-thin flexible glass is optimized by incorporating a mesoporous scaffold over tin oxide compact layers.
Self-driving truck startup begins research project in Ohio
Locomation will test its autonomous vehicle platform at a facility track before it goes on the road.