HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Nanoparticles Deliver Cancer-fighting Drugs Directly to the Tumor
The nanoparticles were specifically developed to fight glioblastoma multiforme one of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat.
Bechtel Climbs Aboard Texas Rail Project
The engineering firm will support Texas Central in managing a bullet train project as it moves from development to implementation, perhaps in as little as a year.
IPC Adds /40 to Ventec International Group IPC-4101 Qualified Products Listing
VT-90H and VT-901 are qualified to specification sheets 40 and 41 of IPC-4101E, Specification for Base Materials for Rigid and Multilayer Printed Boards.
Snakes Help Engineers Better Understand Friction
Through evolution, snakes have adapted to move efficiently and survive in their various habitats immediately. “These environments can be brutal on even our most advanced machinery, so applying what we know about snake texturing could help our technology adapt as well,” reasoned Hisham Abel-Aal, an associate teaching professor from Drexel University’s College of Engineering.
fNIRS System Can Read Pilot’s Minds in an Emergency Situation and Understand Cognitive Overload
A system that can read a person’s mind in real-time and measure the pilot’s brain activity with near-infrared spectroscopy.
Car Dealerships in Some Countries Refuse to Recommend Electric Vehicles to Customers
Despite the promise that electric vehicles will play a significant role in lowering CO2 emissions, researchers found that car dealerships — particularly those located in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Norway — are discouraging consumers from purchasing them, according to new research.
3D Printed Smart Gel Can Move on Its Own to Create Artificial Hearts
A new 3D printed smart gel has been developed that can walk underwater and grab and move objects. This is a huge development in soft robotics for healthcare.
Customizable Diagnostic Device Can Detect Many Viruses and Diseases for Rural Medical Care
The new system is called Ampli Blocks and was developed by MIT’s Little Devices Lab. The research team hopes to further develop the system to detect human papillomavirus, malaria, Lyme disease, cancer and more.
Is STEM Better Off as STEAM?
Should STEM evolve into STEAM? What’s the rationale behind this change, and who is behind it? And where does the U.S. rank internationally?
Trust and Equality are Important to People Interacting with Robots and AI According to New Study
Equal access and social responsibility should be priorities for policymakers in the ongoing development of AI and robotics.
Watch: A Carbon-free Process for Aluminum Smelting
Oxygen is the only by-product of a new aluminum production process devised by Rio Tinto and Alcoa Corporation.
What Makes Ice So Slippery?
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and MPI-P have a theory behind what makes ice so slippery.
Jeddah Tower - Building a Skyscraper on Sand
If all goes as planned, by 2020 pilgrims entering Jeddah will witness a modern marvel, a skyscraper more than 1 km in height.
Watch: NASA Mission Discovers New Magnetic Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetosheath
NASA has discovered a new magnetic reconnection within the Earth’s atmosphere that could affect electronics on Earth.
New AI and Deep Learning Method Speeds Up Gross Tumor Volume Analysis
The new work focuses on taking a doctor's decision-making process and turning it into a computer program.
Constructing Emergency Shelters with Used Plastic Bottles
Typically, after disaster strikes, supplies such as food, medicine and bottled water are sent to the affected location. With untold numbers of plastic bottled water sent to such sites, how the plastic bottles are disposed of after use become, understandably, a minor consideration.
Watch: Lithium-Sulfur Battery Uses Plastic to Solve Energy Storage Problems While Lowering Plastic Waste
The new method puts ink-free plastic that is soaked in a sulfur-containing solvent in a microwave, and then turns that into batteries as a carbon scaffold.
Earthquake Engineers Find Out How The Leaning Tower of Pisa has Survived Major Earthquakes
Since the middle ages, multiple strong earthquakes have hit the area, yet the tower is still standing—albeit leaning.
A Superconductor Theory from the 1980s Reveals New Information on a New Superconductor
Rice University physicists have used an old theory that finally figured out why an iron-based high-temperature superconductor acts contradictory, to solve a different kind of superconductor mystery.
New Tech System Bends Light to Offer Wider Light Angles for Augmented Reality
North Carolina State University engineering and physics researchers have created a new technology that steers light in a way that results in more light input and greater efficiency.