HEADLINES ARCHIVE
"Kidney on a Chip" Could Lead to Safer Drug Dosing
Determining safe medication dosage for ICU patients can be surprisingly difficult. Currently, doctors and drug developers rely mainly on animal testing to measure the toxicity of drugs.
Humanoid Robot Diver Recovers Undersea Treasures in Maiden Voyage
Every aspect of the robot’s design is meant to allow it to take on tasks that are either dangerous or simply beyond the physical limits of human divers.
Cooling Graphene-Based Film Nears Pilot-Scale Production
Researchers believe they have found "a golden key" with which to achieve efficient heat transport in electronics and other power devices by using graphene nanoflake-based film.
Volvo to Begin UK's Largest Autonomous Driving Test in 2017
The company is positioning its Drive Me London test as part of a commitment to ensuring "no one will be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo by the year 2020."
Turning Military Vehicles into Radio Transmitters
High-frequency military signals use radio waves ranging from roughly a football field in length down to 10 yards. Even at the small end, the ideal size for an antenna is taller than an average adult.
Easy-Setup Industrial Robot Is Geared for Industry 4.0 Applications
According to KBee, a key objective of the robot is to allow customers without any programming skills to be able to teach it to perform complex tasks within a couple of minutes.
Compact, Single Photon Source Operates at Room Temperature
Scientists create a photon source without the need for refrigeration.
Nanoantennas for Ultradense Data Recording
Ultradense data recording could be the achieved with hybrid nanoantennas developed in Russia.
Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Disposable Lasers
Lasing capsules were created using inkjet printing method.
A Step Closer to Dissolvable Electronics
Unlike conventional electronics that contribute to growing amounts of harmful waste, dissolvable devices are designed to be compatible with the environment.
"Sea Snake" Robots to Perform Underwater Maintenance
The idea is to let these robots perform inspection and light intervention jobs on the seabed, reducing the use of large and expensive vessels.
Smart Sensors Identify When Motors Needs Servicing
The smart sensor provides information on parameters such as vibration, temperature and overload—and calculates power consumption.
Spider-Bots Could Speed Production of Large-Scale Structures
Each spider is equipped with an extruder similar to those on traditional 3D printers, but is limited—for now—to using a cornstarch-and-sugarcane printing substance known as poly lactic acid.
Test Driving: Insufficient to Demonstrate Autonomous Vehicles' Safety
Under even the most aggressive test-driving assumptions, it would take existing fleets hundreds of years to log sufficient miles to adequately assess the safety of autonomous vehicles.
Robot Falcon Chases Birds Away from Airports
Bird control at airports worldwide costs billions of dollars, the result of defacement of property by bird droppings and damage to aircraft equipment arising from bird strikes.
Japanese Team Claims a Li-on Battery Breakthrough
The researchers say they have created two lithium-based crystalline superionic materials that can act as solid electrolytes.
Ultrasound Technology Could Help Make Hands Touchscreens
The University of Sussex-led study is the first to find a way for users to feel what they are doing when interacting with displays projected on their hand.
Drones to Begin Ferrying Blood Supplies in Rwanda
Zipline's battery-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) weigh 10 kg, use fixed wings with a 1.5 m span and can carry two pints of blood.
DARPA: "Volleys" of UASs Could Be Launched, Retrieved Mid-Air
Gremlins” would be deployed with a mixture of payloads capable of carrying out a variety of activities in a coordinated manner.
"Smart" Clothes One Step Closer to Reality
The “e-textiles” were created in part on a tabletop sewing machine. Thread was substituted with fine metal wires that feel the same as traditional thread.