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Watch: Mantis Shrimp’s Club Inspires New Tough Material
Researchers from Purdue University, in collaboration with the University of California Riverside, have created a new material inspired by the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club.
Solar-thermal Water Desal Projects Win DOE Money
The projects will focus on reducing the cost of solar-thermal desalination and helping the technology reach areas that are not connected to the electric grid.
Blubber-Inspired Wetsuit Coating Allows Divers to Last in Frigid Water for Two to Three Hours
MIT researchers have developed a new wetsuit for rescue teams and Navy SEALs.
Plant Gene Shortcut Could be the Key to Producing Effective Biofuels
Researchers from the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) have found that an amino acid-producing enzyme has another use: producing biofuels.
Watch: New Device for Heart Attack Patients, Ancestry Site Hacked, Analyzing Organic Compounds
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Researchers Find Pesticide-free Way to Reduce Mosquito Populations
On the lookout for pesticide-free ways to reduce mosquito populations and thus the spread of West Nile virus, researchers from the University of Waterloo are one step closer thanks to an unlikely weapon: minnows.
Ugandan Software Engineer Awarded Africa Prize
A low-cost, reusable device that performs a non-invasive test for malaria earned the 2018 prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
Fight Over Moon Dust from Neil Armstrong Goes to Court
A vial allegedly containing moon dust collected by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 is now at the heart of a lawsuit filed by a woman claiming that the astronaut had gifted it to her when she was just 10-years old.
Graphene-based Bolometer Can Operate at Any Temperature
Researchers from MIT, Columbia University and Raytheon BBN Technologies have created a new bolometer that doesn’t require low temperatures, a revolutionary development for electromagnetic radiation measuring.
Watch: New Method Measures Free Energy in DNA Molecules and More
This method gives new insights into just how free energy is created and used.
New Fuses for Electric Cars Offer High Performance in Harsh Environments
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the Nano2 885 Series AECQ-compliant fuses from Littelfuse.
A Guide to Spectroscopy for Used Oil Analysis
Oil-wetted equipment will generate wear particles throughout its lifetime; the nature and rate of the wear varies from initial break-in through to end-of-life seizure. The technique employed to detect wear and its severity is spectroscopy.
Molecular Signatures Turned Into Bar Codes
Scientists have developed a new method for detecting and analyzing organic compounds that solves some of the challenges of the benchmark technique of infrared spectroscopy.
Synthetic Biotechnology Tools Used to Create a Biodegradable Insecticide
A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a biodegradable agent that keeps pests away without poisoning them or harming the environment.
Researchers Develop Environmentally Friendly Hair Dye
Much of the hair dye currently on the market today is thought to be harmful to both humans and the environment alike. Now, researchers from the University of Leeds have developed a potentially environmentally friendly alternative hair dye.
Researchers Create New Adhesive Using Wood Scraps from Paper Production Plants
Engineers from the University of Delaware have developed a material to produce adhesives while lowering waste going into landfills.
Online Program Proves More Effective than Traditional Treatment Methods for Addiction
Researchers from Yale University have determined that people who abuse alcohol and drugs have a better chance at completing alcohol and drug treatment if they are assisted by an online program that teaches users how to better control their behavior — even more than traditional therapy.
Biosensors Advance with a New Way to Inject Light into Microdisk Resonators
The new capability should reduce the cost of developing and manufacturing microdisks, and make them practical for clinical applications.
Fused Silica Optical Windows from Advanced Optics
Fused silica is an excellent material for achieving a high degree of purity and superior environmental durability. Its excellent transmission bandwidth, spanning UV to the NIR makes it appropriate for most applications. Advanced Optics offers custom manufactured fused silica optical windows in a variety of shapes, dimensions and finishes.
3D-printing System Can Print More Than One Material at a Time
The new technology is a one-step process that can print new structures that are made of two different materials.