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Ultra-thin Solar Cells Could Power Wearable Electronics
Your next fitness tracker, smart glasses or other wearable device could be powered by the sun.
Supergelators Could Make for More Effective Oil Spill Cleanup
The supergelators are derived from highly soluble small organic molecules that instantly self-assemble into nanofibers to form a 3D net that traps the oil molecules.
Solving a Longstanding Mystery About Adhesive Wear
Despite its impact on the economy and health, the physics behind wear remains poorly understood.
Threading the Way to Touch-Sensitive Robots
The researchers have used their smart threads to build two- and three-dimensional arrays that accurately detect pressures similar to those that real people and robots might be exposed to.
Construction Tire Rolls Over Dangerous Jobsite Debris
Michelin says its new tire, the X Works Z, counters a harsh construction environment with a groove-to-groove protector ply 50% wider than competing designs.
Technology to Reduce Cement Industry Emissions to Be Demonstrated
The new technology is based on separating the furnace exhaust gases from the limestone by heating it indirectly in a special steel vessel.
Waste to Energy to Currency
A smartphone application can determine the monetary value of the treated waste.
U.S. Navy Lab Patents Seawater Carbon-Capture Process
The process provides all the raw materials necessary for the production of synthetic fuels at sea or in remote locations.
Engineers' Guide to Hydraulic Oils and Transmission Fluids
Hydraulic oils and transmission fluids transmit power in hydraulic equipment and are used in power transmission applications.
Micro-Supercapacitor Embedded in a Chip Could Power IoT Apps
VTT says its micro-supercapacitor is able to compete with carbon- and graphene-based devices in power, energy and durability.
Modified Zeolite Could Replace Phosphors in Fluorescent Lights
Zeolites are porous minerals that can be found naturally or produced synthetically on an industrial scale.
Timber High-Rise in Nordic Country
Skellefteå, Sweden will be home to a new high-rise hotel to be constructed of environmentally friendly timber.
Chemicals from Wood Waste Competitive with Oil
One of the major chemical building blocks for many consumer and industrial products can be made cost effectively and sustainably from wood waste rather than oil, new research shows.
Vibration-Tolerant Gas Sensor Developed for Field Applications
The detector uses a measurement technique called cavity ring-down spectroscopy, in which a laser shoots a pulse of light into a precisely aligned cavity formed by mirrors.
Tougher Composite Materials Inspired by Mantis Shrimp
A tough herringbone structure not only protects during impact, but enables the mantis shrimp to inflict incredible damage to its prey.
Aluminum-Cerium Alloys Could Boost Engine Efficiency and Rare Earth Production
Rare earths are a group of elements critical to electronics, alternative energy and other modern technologies. Yet there is no production occurring in North America at this time.
Reusable Photocurable Liquid Could Have PCB, 3D-Printing Applications
This is the first example of a method that creates coordination polymers by exposing liquids to light.
Gulf Oil Spill Pollutants Lingered Longer Than Thought
Research confirms that contaminants found in the water column and on the seafloor were from the Deepwater Horizon spill and not the many natural oil seeps in the Gulf.
New Boride Material Resists Corrosion at High Temperatures
The key to its ability to resist oxidation at extremely high temperatures is the presence of aluminum between molybdenum and boron layers.
Ingestible Robot Can Be Controlled by Magnets
The robot can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery and/or patch the resulting wound.