HEADLINES ARCHIVE
MEMS-based Microscope Shrinks Inspection Equipment Cost
The MEMS-based device is about the size of a dime, and is mounted on a credit-card-sized printed circuit board that contains circuits, sensors, and other miniature components that control the microscope.
Stretchable Electronic Fabric Made by an Inkjet Printer
Engineering researchers have developed a stretchable smart fabric that can be created using an inkjet printer, raising the potential producing the material inexpensively.
Simulation Improves Oil Shale Formation Characterization
Engineers developed a computer simulation that mimic water, oil, and gas molecules’ relaxation properties and model how the molecules move in the highly restricted, “tight” pore formations.
Long-lasting Flow Battery Technology
The technology promises to be a practical storage system for renewable energy, developers say.
Paper Beats Felt as Microbial Fuel Cell Electrode
A durable, low-cost bioelectrode material for microbial fuel cells was demonstrated by University of Rochester, NY, researchers.
Tree Species Recognition by Modeling and Measurement
Researchers from Tampere University of Technology and the Natural Resources Institute Finland developed a method to extract individual trees from forest plot level point cloud data.
Biotech Startup Aims for Cost-Effective Consumables
The spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created what it says is a low-cost process for engineering microbes with complex metabolic pathways borrowed from plants.
The Search for a Better Li-Ion Battery
Researchers developed a simulation protocol to screen electrolyte materials, initially trying a set of 500 diverse classes of polymers.
Creative Uses for Biomaterials Is Aim of Forest Institute
Goals include researching new wood-based products such as adhesives and green-platform chemicals. Plans also call for working on advancements in wood engineering and new uses for what was previously seen as waste from pulp and paper.
Cracking the Secrets of a Lithium Battery Cathode
A team of researchers studied a lithium manganese nickel oxide cathode, which is viewed as one of the next generation battery materials because of its high energy.
Temperature-Sensitive Artificial Skin
The material could be used on prosthetic devices to sense temperature change or as a bandage that would alert a nurse or doctor about a developing infection in a wound.
Busted! A Violator of the Wiedemann-Franz Law Is Nabbed
Seems that electrons in vanadium dioxide can conduct electricity without conducting heat. Here's why.
Harvard Unveils Metallic Hydrogen Research
Researchers at Harvard University announced they have fulfilled a scientific dream—converting hydrogen into a solid metal. If true, this achievement could be a new source of electric power, among other applications.
Plastic Made of Pine Tree Residue
Researchers used pinene, which is found in pine needles, as the raw material in place of caprolactone. Their findings could result in creation of a new, totally renewable type of plastic.
Supercomputer Titan Conquers Big Data
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory computer scientist has developed a technique to effectively use supercomputer Titan to analyze big data.
Insect Protein May Enhance Performance Materials
A type of silk produced by green lacewing insects could enhance the next generation of performance fibers.
An Explosive Way to Make Graphene
Graphene can mass-produced with three ingredients: hydrocarbon gas, oxygen, and a spark plug.
One Step Closer to Sci-Fi Holograms?
Researchers created complex holographic images in infrared with the device that could be developed with industry.
Toolkit to Aid in Design of Reconfigurable Metamaterials
A toolkit to aid in design of reconfigurable metamaterials provides smart strategies for exploring design possibilities.
Gyroids May Shape Future of Structural Composites
MIT researchers used complex geometric shapes known as gyroids to shape unique 3-D form of 2-D graphene.