Engineering News
April 30, 2024
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Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically engineer a type of test plant to more efficiently produce different kinds of seed oil that it otherwise ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — 3D microscopes are used in applications from the life sciences to semiconductor manufacturing. Now engineers are developing patented and patent-pending innovations making them work faster to capture ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking -- a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists interested in animal ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Scientists have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capable of holding heavy weights across rough and smooth surfaces. ...
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Apr. 29, 2024 — Virtual reality dance made easier with crowd wave technique. Open source code can be downloaded for Quest 2 and ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers outline how they used a chemical probe to light up interlocking peptides. Their technique will help scientists differentiate synthetic peptides from toxic types found in Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibers without damaging them. The researchers combined flexible electronics and soft robotics techniques to ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Scientists have watched a molecule move across a graphite surface in unprecedented detail. It turns out this particular molecule moves like a Moon ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new technique can generate batches of certain entangled states in a quantum processor. This advance could help scientists study the fundamental quantum property of entanglement and enable them to ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new model extends the theory of elastic phase separation towards nanoscopic structures. Such patterns are frequent in biological systems and also used in nano-engineering to create structural ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Scientists use laser ablation technology to develop a deformable ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have invented a new optical element that brings us one step closer to mixing the real and virtual worlds in an ordinary pair of eyeglasses using high-definition 3D holographic ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Superradiant atoms can help us measure time more precisely than ever. In a new study, researchers present a new method for measuring the time ...
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Apr. 18, 2024 — Scientists have developed artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes that have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Silicon-based electronics are approaching their physical limitations and new materials are needed to keep up with current technological demands. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a rich array of ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. Existing techniques to attach sensors currently ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers -- a critical component of the ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — New research suggests that materials commonly overlooked in computer chip design actually play an important role in information processing, a discovery which could lead to faster and more efficient ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — When scuba divers need to say 'I'm okay' or 'Shark!' to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers unveiled BeatProfiler, a groundbreaking new tool -- a comprehensive software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It's the first system to integrate ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — The Takagi--Sugeno (T--S) fuzzy descriptor system offers a promising avenue for controlling non-linear systems but lacks optimal control strategies. Moreover, while robust control methods have been ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — Engineers unlock the power of exceptional points (EPs) for advanced optical sensing. EPs -- specific conditions in systems where extraordinary optical phenomena can occur -- can be deployed on ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — New evidence from a spaceborne-monitoring team indicates that the Ukrainian Kakhovka Dam, which collapsed early into the Russian invasion, may have been vulnerable even before the ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have developed a programmable meta-fluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid. The ...
Apr. 2, 2024 — Energy harvesting, an eco-friendly technology, extends beyond solar and wind power in generating electricity from unused or discarded energy in daily life, including vibrations generated by passing ...
Apr. 1, 2024 — Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels natural. The study offers the promise of grafts ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — A research team has addressed the long-standing challenge of creating artificial olfactory sensors with arrays of diverse high-performance gas sensors. Their newly developed biomimetic olfactory ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — A novel mixed light field technique that utilizes a mix of ray-controlled ambient lighting with projection mapping (PM) to obtain PM in bright surroundings has been developed by scientists. This ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You'd likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does ...
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Novel Material Supercharges Innovation in Electrostatic Energy Storage
- An Ink for 3D-Printing Flexible Devices Without Mechanical Joints
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Atom-by-Atom: Imaging Structural Transformations in 2D Materials
- How 3D Printers Can Give Robots a Soft Touch
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Cooler Transformers Could Help Electric Grid
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- 'Surprising' Hidden Activity of Semiconductor Material Spotted by Researchers
- Star Trek's Holodeck Recreated Using ChatGPT and Video Game Assets
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
- A Pulse of Innovation: AI at the Service of Heart Research
- Engineers Design Soft and Flexible 'skeletons' For Muscle-Powered Robots
- Novel Robust-Optimal Controllers Based on Fuzzy Descriptor System
Friday, April 5, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Revolutionary Biomimetic Olfactory Chips to Enable Advanced Gas Sensing and Odor Detection
- An Innovative Mixed Light Field Technique for Immersive Projection Mapping
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Engineering Household Robots to Have a Little Common Sense
- Scientists Deliver Quantum Algorithm to Develop New Materials and Chemistry
- Metamaterials and AI Converge, Igniting Innovative Breakthroughs
Friday, March 22, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Two Artificial Intelligences Talk to Each Other
- Bridge in a Box: Unlocking Origami's Power to Produce Load-Bearing Structures
- Advance for Soft Robotics Manufacturing, Design
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Dolphin-Kick Swimming Maximizes Water-Flow Utilization With Increasing Speed
- Advanced Army Robots More Likely to Be Blamed for Deaths
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- A Simple and Robust Experimental Process for Protein Engineering
- Batteries for Airborne Electric Vehicles That Take Off and Land Vertically
- New Traffic Signal Would Improve Travel Time for Both Pedestrians and Vehicles
- Have Metalenses Expanded Their Reach Into the Ultraviolet Region?
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Cicadas' Unique Urination Unlocks New Understanding of Fluid Dynamics
- Robotic Interface Masters a Soft Touch
- Going Top Shelf With AI to Better Track Hockey Data
- Would the Highly Sensitive Transparent Ultrasound Transducer Revolutionize Biomedical Imaging Technology?
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- The Role of Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Imageomics
- Method Rapidly Verifies That a Robot Will Avoid Collisions
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Powerless Mechanoluminescent Touchscreen Underwater
- Advanced Noise Suppression Technology for Improved Search and Rescue Drones
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Scientists Revolutionize Wireless Communication With Three-Dimensional Processors
- New Dressing Robot Can 'mimic' The Actions of Care-Workers
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Researchers Create Coating Solution for Safer Food Storage
- AI-Enabled Atomic Robotic Probe to Advance Quantum Material Manufacturing
- Scientists Make Nanoparticles Dance to Unravel Quantum Limits
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Researchers Use AI, Google Street View to Predict Household Energy Costs on Large Scale
- Building Bionic Jellyfish for Ocean Exploration
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Researchers Develop Novel Method to Photosynthesize Hydrogen Peroxide Using Water and Air
- First Metamaterial Developed to Enable Real-Time Shape and Property Control
- New AI Model Could Streamline Operations in a Robotic Warehouse
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
- UBC Okanagan Researchers Look to the Past to Improve Construction Sustainability
- Using Mussels and Silkworm Cocoons to Stop Organ Bleeding
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Discovery of New Li Ion Conductor Unlocks New Direction for Sustainable Batteries
- Do AI-Driven Chemistry Labs Actually Work? New Metrics Promise Answers
- A New Optical Metamaterial Makes True One-Way Glass Possible
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Road Features That Predict Crash Sites Identified in New Machine-Learning Model
- CRISPR-Copies: New Tool Accelerates and Optimizes Genome Editing
Monday, February 12, 2024
- Why Insects Navigate More Efficiently Than Robots
- 3D Ice Printing Can Create Artificial Blood Vessels in Engineered Tissue
- How Ancient Sea Creatures Can Inform Soft Robotics
Friday, February 9, 2024
- Sensors Made from 'frozen Smoke' Can Detect Toxic Formaldehyde in Homes and Offices
- Innovations in Depth from Focus/defocus Pave the Way to More Capable Computer Vision Systems
- New AI Tool Discovers Realistic 'metamaterials' With Unusual Properties
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024
- Microbial Division of Labor Produces Higher Biofuel Yields
- One Person Can Supervise 'swarm' Of 100 Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
Friday, February 2, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Scientists Make Breakthrough in Quantum Materials Research
- Bringing Together Real-World Sensors and VR to Improve Building Maintenance
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Artificial Muscles -- Lighter, Safer, More Robust
- Sweat-Resistant Wearable Robot Sensor
- Researchers Propose AI-Guided System for Robotic Inspection of Buildings, Roads and Bridges
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Benchtop Test Quickly Identifies Extremely Impact-Resistant Materials
- Robot Trained to Read Braille at Twice the Speed of Humans
- Utilizing Active Microparticles for Artificial Intelligence
Friday, January 26, 2024
- Locusts' Sense of Smell Boosted With Custom-Made Nanoparticles
- Coal-Based Product Could Replace Sand in Concrete
- Scientists Design a Two-Legged Robot Powered by Muscle Tissue
Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Deep Learning Reveals Molecular Secrets of Explosive Perchlorate Salts
- Cellular Scaffolding Rewired to Make Microscopic Railways
- Teaching Nature to Break Human-Made Chemical Bonds
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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Monday, January 22, 2024
- Groundbreaking Discovery Enables Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Green Hydrogen Production
- Low-Frequency Ultrasound Can Improve Oxygen Saturation in Blood