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Quick ID of viruses with portable platform
Its small size and low cost would render the device of value for rapid virus discovery and diagnosis in clinics as well as in the field when disease outbreaks occur.
Watch: A stretch for silicon solar cells
In pursuit of a pliable power source, researchers successfully imparted ultrastretchability to conventionally rigid but highly efficient monocrystalline silicon solar cells.
Highview Power to build cryo-energy storage plant in Vermont
Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy are codeveloping a long-duration energy storage system in northern Vermont. This facility will be the first of its kind in the United States providing a minimum capacity of 400MWh.
Get physical to reduce risk for certain cancers
Recommended physical activity levels are associated with a range of potential benefits, from a 6-10% lower risk of breast cancer to an 18-27% lower risk of liver cancer.
Video: Assembling a stronger self-healing hydrogel
The materials development from MIT can be used to create new polymer classes with biomedical applications.
Vehicular CO2 emissions slashed with onboard capture and conversion scheme
Gas captured from the exhaust stream is liquefied and stored within the vehicle for future use as feedstock to produce gas or liquid green fuels and chemicals.
Tooth-on-a-chip is new dental development
The microfluidic device is designed to advance the understanding of biomaterial effects on live dental pulp cells.
The role of NOx in sulfate-driven haze formation
Co-control of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions is necessary to reduce sulfate levels in polluted haze-fog conditions.
Shock treatment for nuclear plant wastewater
A scalable shock electrodialysis technology selectively separates and concentrates radionuclides of interest, reducing the volume of wastewater requiring disposal and enabling cooling water reuse.
Engineering safety and performance into the lithium ion battery
By optimizing material combinations for electrodes as well as the electrolyte, battery safety and performance can both be realized.
New software helps create better drugs
Lemon, a new framework for data mining, improves machine learning models for the process of drug development.
Uranium chemistry insights are key to safer radwaste disposal
A deeper understanding of the biogeochemical interactions of uranium species under natural environmental conditions can lead to more precise predictions of its mobility in geological repositories for radioactive waste.
Welding Digest’s reader picks for 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, Welding Digest is highlighting its most popular topics for the year.
Breastfeeding apps may be doing more harm than good
A study conducted by researchers from Flinders University has found that there is a trend in the use of apps to help mothers breastfeed, but these apps are not as helpful as they seem.
Four of our favorite tributes to the 150th anniversary of the periodic table
2019 marked the 150th anniversary of work by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev to develop what we know as the periodic table of the elements. Here are four of our favorite salutes to mark that achievement.
Lab-grown 'tumor-on-a-chip' improves cancer drug screening
Researchers in Japan have developed a device that may streamline the screening process for cancer drugs.
Raising ICE efficiency by spinning gas
Efficiency improvements and emission reductions can be realized by rapidly spinning gas inside internal combustion cylinders.
The biggest management trends of the 2010s: Remote teams, diversity and more
Virtual teams are becoming the norm, and design work is seeing the light.
A look back on the decade’s biggest engineering management trends
As the decade closes, take a look back to identify its biggest emerging engineering management trends — from degrees and data to responsibility and remote teams.
5 trends in aviation
Here is a look at some exciting aerospace projects researchers and engineers are working on right now.