Fish Food is used to create an Environmentally Friendly Aquatic Robot
An edible robot made by EPFL scientists leverages a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the water’s surface, creating a safe…
Engineering
Using Sound to Move Items Remotely Underwater
A metamaterial is a composite material that exhibits unique properties due to its structure, and now researchers have used one featuring a small sawtooth pattern…
Future Aircraft’s Cryogenic Hydrogen Supply and Storage System
Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have designed a liquid hydrogen storage and delivery system that could help make zero-emission aviation a reality. Their…
Forecasting Landslides beneath the Surface before they Occur
Below ocean wind farms, oil rigs and other offshore installations are mammoth networks of underwater structures, including pipelines, anchors, risers and cables, that are essential…
At Ultrafast Speeds, a New Laser that is tiny than a cent can Measure Objects
Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara, engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power…
In Real Time, Invisible Quantum Waves form Shape-shifting Supermaterials
Scientists have, for the first time, directly observed phonon wave dynamics within self-assembling nanomaterials unlocking the potential for customizable, reconfigurable metamaterials with applications ranging from…
Crude Oil could be Fractionated with a Revolutionary Method that uses significantly less Energy
Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy…
Electric Aircraft may be made possible via a New Fuel Cell
Engineers developed a fuel cell that offers more than three times as much energy per pound compared to lithium-ion batteries. Powered by a reaction between…
Findings could Improve the Performance of Solid-state Batteries
Researchers have discovered that the mixing of small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a ‘space charge layer,’ an accumulation of…
Engineers Discovered a New Family of Materials that Passively Capture Water from the Air
A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can…
Engineers deal with Sunlight Intermittency in Solar Desalination
Fresh drinking water is a vital yet limited resource that will only grow scarcer over the next few years, according to the World Resources Institute.…
Making it Possible to Harvest and Store Solar Energy Efficiently
As stated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), approximately 50 percent of global final energy consumption is dedicated to heating. Yet, the utilization of solar…
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