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Researchers Report Solid-State Battery Breakthrough
The advance eliminates the impedance barrier to electricity flow within the battery, allowing for efficient charging and discharging of the stored energy.
Six Seconds to Hack a Credit Card
By automatically and systematically generating different variations of cards' security data and firing them at multiple websites, within seconds hackers were able to verify all the security data.
Return-to-Park Technology Could Reduce Roll-Away Accidents
The technology can detect when a driver has turned the car off while it is moving and will first shift into neutral until it slows below 5 mph before shifting into park.
Offshore Oil Industry Faces "Perfect Storm"
Increasingly stringent decommissioning regulations are coming into force at the same time that the inventory of structures nearing end-of-life status is getting larger and more complex.
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in Food
Acrylamide is a potentially toxic compound that forms in potatoes and other foods when they are fried, roasted or baked at high temperatures.
Drugs from Dirt
In soil collected from city parks, the team dug up genetic evidence of bacteria capable of producing a wide range of compounds whose potent effects might be harnessed for medicines.
Capsule Developed to Treat Hemophilia
The advance gives those affected by the hereditary bleeding disorder hope for a less-expensive, less-painful treatment option than conventional injections or infusions.
Light-Based Technology Used to Create Invisible Watermarks
The new method is based on a technique called single-shot ptychography encoding, which uses multiple partially overlapping beams of light to generate a diffraction pattern from a complex object.
Cleaning Machine Boosts 3D Printing Potential
The machine cleans by circulating fluids around and through the piece. Several sets of controls prevent damage to the piece.
LED Lights Cut Warehouse Picking Errors
A system of fork-mounted LED lights can help users reduce error rates in batch-picking operations.
Energy Kite Investment for UK Developer
Kite Power Systems designed a system in which two kites are flown as high as 1500 feet tethered to a winch system that generates electricity as it spools out.
Stretchable Semiconducting Polymer for Wearable Electronics
Flexible and self-healing, the material also possesses high carrier mobility.
Diamond Radio Receiver Is Among the World’s Smallest
Said to be biocompatible and durable, the device could be deployed in fields from medicine to aerospace.
Method Captures Wasted Energy
A mechanical energy transducer based on an ionic diode could enable a new way to harvest previously unused energy.
Evaluating the Safety of Transporting Used Nuclear Fuel
Researchers will consider what happens to spent fuel in the event of an accident—e.g., a train carrying fuel casks derails—as well as during the routine jostling that occurs in cross-country transport.
Robots Take the Battlefield
The THeMIS ADDER is envisioned as helping support, or even replacing, soldiers on the battlefield.
Soil Carbon Release Likely Understated
The study predicts that for one degree of warming, about 30 petagrams of soil carbon will be released into the atmosphere, or twice as much as is emitted annually due to human-related activities.
Cooling Ceiling Panels Provide Alternative to Air Conditioning
A key to the technology is that the heat-conducting polymer film operates well below the dew point and so avoids the problem of condensation.
Biomethane Fuel for Trucks Launches in the UK
Biomethane is sourced from anaerobic digestion plants and distributed through gas pipelines to refueling stations.
Airborne Electromagnetics Help Detail Underground Aquifers
The technology has been used in mining for decades, but its application to aquifers is a new development.