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Video: Assembling a Monster Cruise Ship
Sovereign-class cruise ships, the first “mega-ships” built for the cruising market, have now been eclipsed by Royal Caribbean’s enormous Oasis-class vessels.
Organs-On-Chips Go Electric
Organs-on-chips is a new tool that allows researchers to study human organs and tissues in a new and groundbreaking way, but it can take weeks to grow human cells. A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering set out to fix this problem.
Molten Semiconductors Improve Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery
A new thermoelectric system operates at industrially relevant temperatures using a molten compound of tin and sulfur.
Recycled Tires Extending the Life of Concrete
Researchers believe that the addition of rubber will both extend the life and improve the resilience of the concrete.
Video: Max Catches Some Rays with UV Curable Adhesives
Surf’s up! Max hangs ten at the beach and is reminded of Master Bond’s UV curable adhesives. These one part systems offer exceptionally fast processing times and excellent adhesion to a variety of substrates.
Turning Sugar into Plastic
The manufacturing of drink bottles, glass lenses and scratch-resistant coatings for phones currently calls for polycarbonate—manufactured with BPA (banned from baby bottle manufacturing) and phosgene, which is highly toxic and was used as a chemical weapon during World War I.
China Launches World's Largest Floating Solar Farm
Attempting to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, China has launched the world’s largest floating solar farm.
Scientists Develop New Method for 3-D Printing Human Skin
The new 3-D cell printing strategy, which is detailed in the journal Bifabrication, can be completed in one single step process, according to researchers.
Artificial Intelligence Helps Predict Medical Treatment Outcomes
A new study by the University of Cincinnati opens a world of possibility for using a "fuzzy logic" system to treat disease.
VIDEO: Furniture System Moves with the Push of a Button
MIT Media Lab has developed a new furniture system named Ori which transforms your apartment in seconds.
Low Particulate Hydrophilic Coating for Medical Devices
Lubricent Ultra bonds to a variety of base materials, making it the perfect coating solution for difficult surfaces like polyimide and polyethylene.
Individual Tool Service Records Can Boost Industrie 4.0 Productivity
RFID tags can be used to develop individual tool “service records” and optimize manufacturing processes.
Scientists Develop a Biodegradable Microbead
Thanks to the campaigning efforts of environmental groups, the UK government has pledged to ban the plastic microbeads this year, triggering scientists and engineers to develop a biodegradable renewable alternative to the beads.
Thermal Imaging Camera For Your Smart Phone
CompactPRO is an advanced thermal imaging camera designed to plug into your smartphone. Use with your iPhone or Android phone to get high resolution thermal images.
VIDEO: Transformative Food Could Reshape the Way Food is Transported
MIT’s Media Lab and Tangable Media Group have teamed up to revolutionize food printing called the transformative appetite. Using food printing technology, pasta is printed in a 2-D shape that is flat until it is put into boiling water.
Processes Enabling Nanomanufacturing
The processes that nanomanufacturing engineers use to fabricate nanomaterials, nanoelectronic devices and other nanotechnology products depend on their nanotechnology approach and the specific nanotechnology product being manufactured. Two major approaches to nanomanufacturing are top down and bottom up. Nanofabrication processes enable the bottom-up approach. Nanoimprinting and self-assembly processes are newer nanofabrication processes under development. Powder and particle fabrication methods enable the top-down approach.
New Research on Turbulence May Lead to Cleaner Coal Plants
Researchers from RWTH Aachen University’s Institute of Aerodynamics (AIA) have been studying the use of computation to understand turbulence. The researchers now think they may have just found a solution for cleaner coal plants.
A New Way to Harness Wind Power Every Day
Scientists from the University of Rhode Island, Florida Atlantic University, USA and Wuhan University China have discovered a new way to collect and use wind power, even if there isn’t any wind.
At the Intersection of Fashion and Science
A high-tech fashion design business started by MIT grads includes innovations like a 3-D robotic knitting machine.
Engineering Intern Leaves Her Mark on Campus
A recent college graduate landed an internship helping to build a new $50 million Aerospace and Engineering Sciences Building at her own university, leaving concrete evidence that her alma mater prepared her well for her future.