Engineering and Construction News
May 8, 2024
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May 7, 2024 — Tracking individual enzymes during the breakdown of cellulose for biofuel production has revealed how several roadblocks slow this process when using plant material that might otherwise go to waste. The research may lead to new ways to improve the ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers reveal a new pathway for designing optical materials using the degree of atomic disorder. The researchers anticipate developing crystals that enable advanced infrared imaging in low light conditions, or to enhance medical imaging ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers developed a silk fabric, which is barely thicker than a human hair, that can suppress unwanted noise and reduce noise transmission in a large ...
May 7, 2024 — Move over, graphene. There's a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab. Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, ...
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May 7, 2024 — The natural vein structure found within leaves -- which has inspired the structural design of porous materials that can maximize mass transfer -- ...
May 6, 2024 — Engineers created a catapillar-shaped robot that splits into segments and reassembles, hauls cargo, and crawls through twisting ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers have developed a unique shape-tunable mirror that can change shape to optimally channel X-rays. It is composed of a single crystal of lithium niobate. This new technology offers the ...
May 6, 2024 — By using experimental electrochemical analyses, mass spectrometry, and computational quantum chemistry modeling, the researchers created an 'atomic-scale storyline' to explain how ozone is generated ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid ...
May 3, 2024 — Scientists have demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic ...
May 3, 2024 — A stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of ...
May 3, 2024 — Researchers report the development of a durable and transparent antimicrobial surface containing copper nanoparticles. The nanostructured surface was obtained by dewetting ultrathin metal copper ...
May 2, 2024 — Charge-recharge cycling of lithium-superrich iron oxide, a cost-effective and high-capacity cathode for new-generation lithium-ion batteries, can be greatly improved by doping with readily available ...
May 2, 2024 — New catalyst is made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and table sugar. Catalyst converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide, a building block for producing a variety of useful chemicals ...
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May 3, 2024 — The direction in which spin information is injected into chiral materials affects its ability to pass through them. These chiral 'gateways' could be used to design energy-efficient ...
May 2, 2024 — Scientists have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding ...
May 2, 2024 — New algorithm encourages robots to move more randomly to collect more diverse data for learning. In tests, robots started with no knowledge and then learned and correctly performed tasks within a ...
May 2, 2024 — Many natural substances possess interesting characteristics, and can form the basis of new active compounds in medicine. Terpenes, for example, are a group of substances, some of which are already ...
May 1, 2024 — A research team has created an innovative method to control tiny magnetic states within ultrathin, two-dimensional van der Waals magnets -- a process akin to how flipping a light switch controls a ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow current to flow in devices like implantable biosensors. But scientists long knew about a quirk of OECTs that no one could explain: When an OECT is ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — An engineer has designed a model to guide better design of thin-walled structures, like planes, cars and submersibles, to avoid catastrophe like sudden collapse due to ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry's environmental footprint. Researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts. Pole-top fires ...
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 lead-vacancy (PbV) center in diamond has been developed as a quantum emitter for large-scale quantum networks by researchers. This innovative color center exhibits a sharp zero-phonon-line and ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Using aerial imagery data and LiDAR, a study remotely identified the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida's Estero Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Researchers estimated the extent of ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study uncovers a switchable, atomically-thin metal-organic material that could be used in future low-energy electronic technologies. The study shows that electron interactions in this material ...
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 ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Some materials are transparent to light of a certain frequency. When such light is shone on them, electrical currents can still be generated, contrary to previous assumptions. Scientists have managed ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Scientists have succeeded in simulating the magnetization reversal of Nd-Fe-B magnets using large-scale finite element models constructed based on tomographic data obtained by electron microscopy. ...
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 a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of ...
Apr. 26, 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 ...
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- Random Robots Are More Reliable
- New Approach in the Synthesis of Complex Natural Substances
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Scientists Solve Chemical Mystery at the Interface of Biology and Technology
- Under Examination: Buckling -- When Structures Suddenly Collapse
- Biodegradable 'living Plastic' Houses Bacterial Spores That Help It Break Down
- Innovation Promises to Prevent Power Pole-Top Fires
- Discovery of Mechanism Plants Use to Change Seed Oil Could Impact Industrial, Food Oils
- New Technology Makes 3D Microscopes Easier to Use, Less Expensive to Manufacture
- Lead-Vacancy Centers in Diamond as Building Blocks for Large-Scale Quantum Networks
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Details of Hurricane Ian's Aftermath Captured With New Remote Sensing Method
- When Does a Conductor Not Conduct?
- Scientists Develop Strong Yet Reusable Adhesive from Smart Materials
- Physicists Show That Light Can Generate Electricity Even in Translucent Materials
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Tomography-Based Digital Twins of Nd-Fe-B Magnets
- Imaging Technique Shows New Details of Peptide Structures
- New Circuit Boards Can Be Repeatedly Recycled
- Why Can't Robots Outrun Animals?
- Professor Resolves Two Decades of Oxide Semiconductor Challenges
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Key to Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
- Freeze Casting: A Guide to Creating Hierarchically Structured Materials
- Discovering Exceptional Oxide Ion Conductivity at Lower Temperatures
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Scientists Tune the Entanglement Structure in an Array of Qubits
- Rubber-Like Stretchable Energy Storage Device Fabricated With Laser Precision
- Pattern Formation in the Nano-Cosmos
- A Simple 'twist' Improves the Engine of Clean Fuel Generation
- Condensed Matter Physics: Novel One-Dimensional Superconductor
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Energy Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Gold's Glow
- Development of Organic Semiconductors Featuring Ultrafast Electrons
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Silent Flight Edges Closer to Take Off
- Octopus Inspires New Suction Mechanism for Robots
- Novel Material Supercharges Innovation in Electrostatic Energy Storage
- An Ink for 3D-Printing Flexible Devices Without Mechanical Joints
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than Previously Thought
- Atom-by-Atom: Imaging Structural Transformations in 2D Materials
- How 3D Printers Can Give Robots a Soft Touch
- From Defects to Order: Spontaneously Emerging Crystal Arrangements in Perovskite Halides
- Novel Robotic Training Program Reduces Physician Errors Placing Central Lines
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- 'Nanostitches' Enable Lighter and Tougher Composite Materials
- Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen
- Cooler Transformers Could Help Electric Grid
- Researchers Advance Pigment Chemistry With Moon-Inspired Reddish Magentas
- A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene
Monday, April 15, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- 'Surprising' Hidden Activity of Semiconductor Material Spotted by Researchers
- Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future
- Discovery Brings All-Solid-State Sodium Batteries Closer to Practical Use
- Nothing Is Everything: How Hidden Emptiness Can Define the Usefulness of Filtration Materials
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- New 3D-Printing Method Makes Printing Objects More Affordable and Eco-Friendly
- Revolutionary Molecular Device Unleashes Potential for Targeted Drug Delivery and Self-Healing Materials
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- A Smarter City Skyline for Flood Safety
- New Technique Lets Scientists Create Resistance-Free Electron Channels
- BESSY II: How Pulsed Charging Enhances the Service Time of Batteries
Monday, April 8, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Progress in Quantum Physics: Researchers Tame Superconductors
- Self-Assembly of Complex Systems: Hexagonal Building Blocks Are Better
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Researchers Discover 'neutronic Molecules'
- Machine Learning Enables Viability of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- New Granular Materials Flow but Can Still Be Compressed
- Plastic-Free Vegan Leather That Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria
- Research Reveals Pre-Collapse Monitoring of Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine
- Intelligent Liquid
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Building Blocks for Greener Energy: Reconfigurable Elastic Metasurface
- Biofilm-Resistant Glass for Marine Environments
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Are High-Purity Cathode Materials Truly Necessary?
- Physics-Based Predictive Tool Will Speed Up Battery and Superconductor Research
- Researchers Produce Grafts That Replicate the Human Ear
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Revolutionary Biomimetic Olfactory Chips to Enable Advanced Gas Sensing and Odor Detection
- Rapid Production of Isocyanate-Free, Biobased Polyurethane Foams at Ambient Temperature Is Now a Reality
- 3D Images Reveal Link Between Crack Complexity and Material Toughness
- Can Metalens Be Commercialized at a Fraction of the Cost?
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Robot, Can You Say 'cheese'?
- More Efficient TVs, Screens and Lighting
- Artificial Reef Designed by MIT Engineers Could Protect Marine Life, Reduce Storm Damage
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- With a New Experimental Technique, Engineers Probe the Mechanisms of Landslides and Earthquakes
- Scientists Deliver Quantum Algorithm to Develop New Materials and Chemistry
- Cool Paint Coatings Help Pedestrians Feel Up to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Cooler in Urban Setting
- Quantum Interference Could Lead to Smaller, Faster, and More Energy-Efficient Transistors
- New Reactor Could Save Millions When Making Ingredients for Plastics and Rubber from Natural Gas
- In-Situ Observation of Nanoscale Heat Propagation
- New Route to Recyclable Polymers from Plants
- Metamaterials and AI Converge, Igniting Innovative Breakthroughs
- Artificial Nanofluidic Synapses Can Store Computational Memory
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Cleaning Up Environmental Contaminants With Quantum Dot Technology
- Quantum Talk With Magnetic Disks
- Robotic Metamaterial: An Endless Domino Effect
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Molecular Crystal Motors Move Like Microbes When Exposed to Light
- Spectroscopy and Theory Shed Light on Excitons in Semiconductors
- Sustainable Solution for Wastewater Polluted by Dyes Used in Many Industries
- Bendable Energy Storage Materials by Cool Science