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Researchers create 3D-printed, sweating robot muscle
Just when it seemed like robots couldn’t get any cooler, Cornell researchers have created a soft robot muscle that can regulate its temperature through sweating. This form of thermal management...
Researchers discover a new way to control infrared light
In the 1950s, the field of electronics began to change when the transistor replaced vacuum tubes in computers. The change, which entailed replacing large and slow components with small and fast ones, was...
Biophysicists find 'extra' component in molecular motor
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have discovered an additional component in ATP synthase, a molecular machine that produces the energy-conserving compound in all cellular organisms. The...
Chemist proposes new method for green synthesis of xanthene derivatives
A RUDN chemist has proposed a new method for the synthesis of xanthene derivatives, which are used as the basis for drug manufacturing—from antidepressants to antiviral and antitumor drugs. The...
Mathematicians create a method for studying the properties of porous materials
Mathematicians from RUDN University have studied the properties of compositional operators in spaces with mixed Lebesgue norms. Their work will help describe the diffusion of liquids in materials with cracks...
Bats inspire detectors to help prevent oil and gas pipe leaks
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.
Improving aerodynamics during entire flight, not just takeoff and landing
Currently in use on the wings of airplanes are little fins near the leading edge or just upstream of control surfaces to help control the aircraft during takeoff or landing....
Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets
From wind turbines and electric motors to sensors and magnetic switching systems, permanent magnets have many electrical applications. The production of these magnets usually involves sintering or injection molding. But...
Synchronized swimming: Biology on a micro-scale
Specialized stringy fluids flow through the human joints and help constitute substances such as mucus. These fluids contain long, flexible molecules like polymers or proteins, giving them the ability to...
Largest aromatic ring size record broken with 162 π electrons
A team of researchers at Oxford University has broken the record for the largest aromatic molecule ring size ever synthesized with a ring that has 162 π electrons. In their...
Researchers turbocharge hydrogen fuel cells with novel ion-conducting copolymer
Renewed investments in hydrogen fuel cell technologies and infrastructure by companies like Amazon; nations like China; and automakers like Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai, are sparking sales and fresh interest in...
Quebec expands recycling deposit system to include glass, metal, plastic bottles
All beverage containers, including glass bottles for wine and alcohol, will be able to be turned in under a new deposit system announced by the Quebec government, Thursday.
Super accurate sensor could lead to producing even smaller chips
Electrical engineer Stefanos Andreou built a sensor with an extraordinary accuracy of less than the size of an atom.
Glowing green 'dunes' in the sky mesmerized skygazers. They turned out to be a new kind of aurora.
The pattern of light was unfamiliar and strangely perfect, reaching out toward the horizon like a set of celestial sand dunes.
Pentagon releases names of Airmen killed in Afghanistan jet crash
Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, N.H., died in the crash of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft in Ghazni Province,...
Anti-solar cells: A photovoltaic cell that works at night
What if solar cells worked at night? That's no joke. In fact, a specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50 watts of power per square meter under ideal...
Designing a puncture-free tire
Some golf carts and lawnmowers have airless tires, but we still have long way to go before they are on every vehicle that comes off the assembly line. Aerospace engineers...
A day in the life of an X-ray laser coach
SLAC scientist Siqi Li works on new methods to allow researchers using LCLS, our X-ray laser, to observe the motion of electrons or do high-resolution imaging. When she's not working...
Monitoring intermediates in CO2 conversion to formate by metal catalyst
The production of formate from CO2 is considered an attractive strategy for the long-term storage of solar renewable energy in chemical form.
Pentagon releases names of Airmen killed in Afghanistan jet crash
Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, N.H., died in the crash of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft in Ghazni Province,...
Scientists develop a concept of a hybrid thorium reactor
Russian scientists have proposed a concept of a thorium hybrid reactor in that obtains additional neutrons using high-temperature plasma held in a long magnetic trap. This project was applied in...
UTEP Professor Named Fellow of International Society for Optics and Photonics
Raymond C. Rumpf, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, was promoted to Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics...
Lockheed nabs $185M to produce SEWIP systems for Navy
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $185 million contract for production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Programs for the Navy's aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers from missiles, the Pentagon announced.
Smaller Detection Device Effective for Nuclear Treaty Verification, Archaeology Digs
Most nuclear data measurements are performed at accelerators large enough to occupy a geologic formation a kilometer wide. But a portable device that can reveal the composition of materials quickly...
Monitoring Intermediates in CO2 Conversion to Formate by Metal Catalyst
The production of formate from CO2 is considered an attractive strategy for the long-term storage of solar renewable energy in chemical form.
Mica meets mother-of-pearl to make ultratough electrically insulating paper
Nacre-inspired nanostructure yields high-performing material for demanding electrical applications
Monitoring intermediates in CO2 conversion to formate by metal catalyst
Plants take in energy from sunlight to transform atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into sugars and then other materials for growth and metabolic functions. Mimicking this photochemical reaction to efficiently convert...
Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum dots—tiny islands of confined...