Location: Cambridge, United States
A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that
harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it
smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks. The students hope
to...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging
enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a
hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an
electronic device....
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Location: Cambridge, United States
MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid
transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance
that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- for cell phones and other
devices -- that...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer
viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a
lithium-ion battery.
The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and...
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Location: Oak Ridge, United States
The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by
thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and
cyanobacteria, to fungi and microalgae, are biological factories that are
proving to be...
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Location: Maryland, United States
Abstract:
The ultimate electronic energy-storage device would store plenty of energy
but also charge up rapidly and provide powerful bursts when needed. Sadly,
today's devices can only do one or the other: capacitors provide...
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Location: Austin, United States
A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and...
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Location: Florida, United States
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) have developed a wireless network that evaluates walking patterns in an attempt to detect early signs of dementia.
Currently, doctors ask patients to answer a series of questions...
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Location: Florida, United States
Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage or signs of poor health in the...
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Location: MIT, United States
In her lab at MIT, chemical-engineering professor Paula Hammond pinches a sliver of what looks like thick Saran wrap between tweezers. Though it appears unremarkable, this polymer membrane can significantly increase the power output of a methanol...
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Location: University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
An international team of astronomers has found 10 new “extra
solar” planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a
system of robotic cameras that yield a great deal of information about these
other...
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Location: Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
The structure and behavior of one of the most common proteins in our bodies
has been resolved at a level of detail never before seen, thanks to new research
performed at the
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Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
A tiny "electronic nose" that MIT
researchers have engineered with a novel inkjet printing method could be used to
detect hazards including carbon monoxide, harmful industrial solvents and
explosives. ...
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Location: 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Researchers in the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University's School
of Computer Science are building a robotic prospector for NASA that can creep
over rocky slopes and then anchor itself as a...
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Location: 77 massachusetts avenue ,cambridge, ma 02139-4307 ,, United States
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Right behind the solar car on every environmentalist's wish list is a home powered entirely by the sun. This
summer, teams from 20 universities are busy building enough homes to make an entire "solar...
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Location: Argonne National Laboratory,9700 S. Cass Avenue,Argonne, IL 60439.,Phone: 630/252-2000, United States
In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of
hydrogen-powered vehicles. But experts have judged that several technology
problems must be resolved before they are more than a novelty.Recently,
scientists at the U.S....
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Location: Northwestern university,Technology Transfer Program
1800 Sherman Avenue - Suite 504,Evanston, IL 60201,Phone: (847)491-3005,Fax: (847)491-3625, United States
Researchers have developed a remarkably simple way to convert ordinary graphite particles into very thin but superstrong sheets that are tougher than steel and as flexible as carbon fiber but can be made much more cheaply. The discovery could...
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Location: University of Southampton,Southampton,SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Dr Steve Beeby and his team at the University's School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) have developed a kinetic energy generator which generates electrical energy from the vibrations and movements present within its environment.
'This...
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Location: 225 South University Street,,West Lafayette, IN 47907-2093, United States
Tiny pores within plant cells may hold
promise for green fuels. Researchers have discovered that particles from
cornstalks undergo previously unknown structural changes when processed to
produce ethanol, an insight they said will help establish...
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Location: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,7000 East Avenue • Livermore, CA 94550, United States
Livermore
researchers have moved one step closer to being able to turn on and off the
decay of a nuclear isomer.The protons and neutrons in a nucleus can be arranged
in many ways. The arrangement with the lowest energy is called the ground...
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