Spintronics Device Captures Wasted Heat, Uses it to Power Devices
In a newly published study, researchers at UCLA demonstrate how to add power to a spintronics device by harnessing excess heat and converting it for…
Engineering News
High-Resolution Endoscope as Thin as a Human Hair
Stanford engineers have developed a single-fiber endoscope with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design, possibly leading to the development of…
Neuroengineers Develop a Wireless Implantable Brain Sensor
In a newly published study, neuroengineers at Brown University detail the development of the first fully implanted neural interface microsystem, which has been operated wirelessly…
A New Record in Supercomputing, Researchers Break Million-Core Supercomputer Barrier
The newly installed Sequoia IBM Bluegene/Q system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories set a new record in computational science by successfully becoming the first supercomputer…
Engineers at SEAS Develop a Microelectronic Device That Mimics Functions of Real Cells
Scientists at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a microelectronic device that controls the flow of ions through a nanometer channel…
New 3D Form of Graphene May Lead to Flexible Electronics
Graphene can support 50,000 times its own weight and can spring back into shape after being compressed by up to 80%. Graphene also has a…
Self-Assembling Polymer Increases Hard Drive Capacity Fivefold
Synthetic chemists have designed self-assembling polymers, which require heat in order to rearrange themselves. This technology has the potential of increasing hard drive storage capacity…
Ultra-Strong Artificial Muscles Made From Carbon Nanotubes
In order to showcase ultra-strong artificial muscles, Ray Baughman from the University of Texas at Dallas and his colleagues built a catapult. The scientists published…
DARPA’s New Pet-Proto Robot Navigates Obstacles
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) has begun and over the next two years teams will compete to develop and test hardware and software designed to…
Space-Launched Paintballs Could Possibly Deflect an Incoming Asteroid
The 2012 Move an Asteroid Technical Paper Competition winner, Sung Wook Paek, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, proposed using a…
Superhydrophobic Coating Allows Boiling Water without the Creation of Bubbles
Water can be made to boil without any bubbling if a boiling surface is specifically treated so that the vapor cushion does not break down….
Remote Controlled Cockroach Biobots
Madagascar hissing cockroaches aren’t something pleasant to see, but if you’re trapped under a collapsed building, then cockroach biobots might help come to your rescue….
Growing Genetically Engineered Stingrays for Footwear Raises Ethical Concerns
A company called Rayfish Footwear claims to bring consumers shoes made out of genetically engineered stingrays. The resulting shoes look very distinctive, but there has…
NASA to Test Jet Engine With a Helping of Cereal and Crayons
While foreign objects continue to present dangers for commercial and military airliner passengers, NASA’s Aviation Safety Program is working on new technology that will use…
Engineered Capsule that Buckles Under Pressure
Borrowing design ideas from a toy, scientists at MIT and Harvard have developed a new type of engineered capsule, dubbed “buckliball.” This one-piece silicone sphere…
Foldit Online Gamers Achieve Crowdsourced Redesign of Protein
Online gamers obsessed with puzzles have now topped what scientists had failed to do by themselves, which was to improve the model of an enzyme….
