Engineering

Key to Low-cost and Long-lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Key to Low-cost and Long-lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Lithium-sulfur batteries have never fulfilled their promise as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other gadgets. But ?Donghai Wang, a mechanical…
Evaluating the True Climatic Costs of Manufacturing

Evaluating the True Climatic Costs of Manufacturing

The production of commodities such as steel, polymers, and cement in the United States alone causes $79 billion in climate-related harm worldwide each year, according…
Reactor could Improve the Energy Efficiency of Direct Air Capture

Reactor could Improve the Energy Efficiency of Direct Air Capture

Rice University researchers created an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to significantly reduce energy usage for direct air capture, which is the removal of…
Researchers use Programmable Materials to help mend Fractured Bones

Researchers use Programmable Materials to help mend Fractured Bones

Despite their uneven structures, natural materials such as bone, bird feathers, and wood use intelligent physical stress distribution. However, the link between stress modulation and…
Jet-propelled Sea Creatures could improve Ocean Robotics

Jet-propelled Sea Creatures could improve Ocean Robotics

Scientists at the University of Oregon have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet…
Scientists Generate Temperatures exceeding 1,000 Degrees Celsius using Solar Power instead of Fossil Fuels

Scientists Generate Temperatures exceeding 1,000 Degrees Celsius using Solar Power instead of Fossil Fuels

Instead than utilizing fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, Swiss researchers propose using solar heat. The proof-of-concept work, published on May 15 in…
Using AI to enhance Building Energy Consumption and Comfort

Using AI to enhance Building Energy Consumption and Comfort

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have devised a novel technology that has the potential to save significant energy in buildings. The researchers discovered 28…
Exploring Bubbles may lead to more efficient Biofuel Motors

Exploring Bubbles may lead to more efficient Biofuel Motors

Studying bubbles has the potential to improve the efficiency of biofuel motors, particularly in terms of understanding cavitation. Cavitation is the formation and collapse of…
Metalens Expands its Reach from Light to Sound

Metalens Expands its Reach from Light to Sound

Junsuk Rho from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Dongwoo Lee from the Department…
Making Batteries requires a lot of Lithium – some could come from Gas well Effluent

Making Batteries requires a lot of Lithium – some could come from Gas well Effluent

Most batteries used in technology, such as smart watches and electric cars, are created from lithium, which travels around the world before reaching manufacturers. But…
A Better approach to Controlling Shape-shifting Soft Robots

A Better approach to Controlling Shape-shifting Soft Robots

A novel machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can change shape to complete a task. The team also developed a…
Carbon-capture Batteries built to store Renewable Energy, helping the Climate

Carbon-capture Batteries built to store Renewable Energy, helping the Climate

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are researching battery technology to combat climate change in two ways: by increasing the usage…
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