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Watch How a Wood Sponge Separates Oil and Water
The renewable resource-based sponge demonstrated high mechanical compressibility and excellent oil/water absorption selectivity.
Surface Coating Repels All Bacteria, Viruses and Other Liquids
The coating can be modified and adjusted to allow some things to stick to the surface and repel others or modified to repel everything.
3D-printed Steel Bridge to be Installed in Amsterdam
The bridge will also include sensors to analyze how the structure performs during high traffic times.
Watch: Mass Production of Microscale Robots
A new manufacturing process bodes well for developing microscopic robots that swim through the bloodstream to detect disease or traverse pipelines to monitor structural integrity.
Ancestral Enzymes Become New Catalysts
Past ancestral reconstruction studies have demonstrated that pre-Cambrian enzymes were often much more thermostable than currently available forms.
Freshwater Mussels' Shells Record Fracking Pollution
Researchers are using the shells of freshwater mussels to document pollution from fracking chemicals over time.
Five Reasons Why Hexoloy® SE is the Material of Choice for Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing
Suppliers are responding to increasing battery demands by developing new lithium-ion chemistries for greater energy density, boosting recycling efforts and expanding battery production.
Producing Stronger Transition-metal Nitride Thin Films
A new deposition method improves the thermal and chemical stability of transition-metal nitride thin-film layers.
Fruit Fly Neural Activity Inspires Smoother Robots
Scientists from the EPFL Brain Mind Institute and Interfaculty Institutes of Bioengineering developed a method to record the limb control activity and neural circuits of a fruit fly.
New 3D Printing Technique Could Create 3D-Printed Arteries
University of Colorado Boulder engineers created a 3D printing technique that controls the firmness of the printed object, allowing doctors to create artificial arteries and organ tissues.
With 3D-Printing Tech, Battery Size is No Design Problem
The ability to 3D print lithium-ion batteries of any shape would facilitate customizing the battery form factor for a given product design and enable its use as a structural component.
New Material Could Create Cost-Effective Solar Energy
A research team from Purdue University has created a new material and a new production process that could make solar power the most efficient energy source available.
Developing a Circular Economy for PV Waste
A joint initiative of 16 European companies and research institutes is developing technology to recover and recycle waste generated by the photovoltaics (PV) industry.
Profiling the Properties of 2D Blue Phosphorus
Red, violet, white and black forms of the element are now joined by a 2D blue allotrope, which could be of value in optoelectronic applications.
Researchers Prove that Food Could be Grown on the Moon
Researchers from the University of Zurich have discovered that nightshade and other plants could grow on the moon with a little help from a plant hormone.
Study: 3D Printers Have 'Fingerprints'
According to a new study led by researchers from the University at Buffalo, 3D printers are like fingerprints, in that no two are exactly alike.
Watch: Skin-Sticker Sensors Monitor Biometrics
Purdue University researchers have created an advanced sticker sensor that can easily monitor a patient’s heart rate and overall health.
Durable Catalyst Developed for Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The low-cost catalyst exceeds U.S. Department of Energy targets for performing the oxygen reduction reaction, a key step in generating an electric current in a hydrogen fuel cell.
Radar Used to Measure Moisture Levels in Soil and More
Rutgers University researchers have improved ground penetrating radar that farmers and soil scientists use to measure the moisture levels in soil.
Stamp-Sized Graphene Could Filter Specific Molecules in Healthcare Technologies
The breakthrough could be integrated into large-scale manufacturing of graphene such as roll-to-roll processes.