How plans to live on Mars could reshape our homes on Earth
Space missions demand we make the best use of our resources—and that's something we could learn from at home.
Space Exploration
May 22, 2019
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Hears the pitch: Research team invents a new mode of photoacoustic imaging
Did you know that music and diagnostic imaging have something in common? Sounds have a lower or higher pitch depending on the size of the object that creates them. Tubas and double basses are big and produce deep low-pitch ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 22, 2019
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Researcher sees potential in generating energy from vibrations
"Everyone is trying to get free energy—from the wind, from the waves, from the sun," said Dani Levin, a Duke MEMS Ph.D. student in the lab of Professor Earl Dowell.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 8, 2019
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Animal, plant biology aids in improving electronic and energy conversion devices, Purdue discovers
Inspired by the unique structural elements of animal and plant biological cell membranes, Purdue University researchers have scaled up the production of nanoscale electronics by replicating the living molecular precision ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 24, 2019
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Soot forensics: Carbon fingerprints reveal curved nanostructure
Researchers have moved one step closer to reducing air pollution from engines by imaging soot nanoparticles to reveal their unique signatures. The nanoparticle structures are like fingerprints, revealing curved fullerene-like ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2018
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Research advances state-of the-art vibration analysis of carbon nanotube
Research by Robert Hudson, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, and Alok Sinha, professor of mechanical engineering, conducted in the Penn State Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, has resulted in computationally ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 20, 2018
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Metallic foams could soak up sound in high pressure, high temperature environments such as jet engines
Superalloy foams could make ship and aircraft engines much quieter, new research suggests.
Materials Science
Aug 8, 2018
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How machine learning helped develop a new algorithm that could add life to bridges
A new algorithm developed by the University of Surrey could help structural engineers better monitor the health of bridges and alert them to when they need repair faster.
Engineering
Apr 16, 2018
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Reusing electric pylons to design the roof of a train station
For his Master's project, Joseph Desruelle devised a plan to reuse steel bars from dismantled electricity pylons to make a new roof for the Lausanne train station. This approach is still theoretical, but reusing materials ...
Engineering
Mar 23, 2018
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New printing technique uses cells and molecules to recreate biological structures
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a printing technique using cells and molecules normally found in natural tissues to create constructs that resemble biological structures.
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2018
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