On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products
If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs,...
Double-walled nanotubes could be highly useful for solar panels, says new study
One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there's new evidence that two could be tops.
Rice University engineers already knew that size matters...
Scientists find new way to produce safer lithium-ion batteries
For the first time, researchers who explore the physical and chemical properties of electrical energy storage have found a new way to improve lithium-ion...
New way to design lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines
A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines.
Glasses can...
Can gold hold up as electronics shrink to nanoscale?
Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data.
But as these interconnected circuits...
Scientists create small and affordable gyroscope for navigating without GPS
A small, inexpensive and highly accurate gyroscope, developed at the University of Michigan, could help drones and autonomous cars stay on track without a...
Flat-panel tech could transform antennas, wireless and phone communications
What goes in is not what comes out with a spatio-temporally modulated metasurface reflector.
Researchers are reinventing the mirror, at least for microwaves, potentially replacing...
Wearable biosensors may pave the way for personalized health and wellness
Bulky, buzzing and beeping hospital rooms demonstrate that monitoring a patient's health status is an invasive and uncomfortable process, at best, and a dangerous...
Researchers create shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot
A new type of robot combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy.
Once inflated, it can change shape and move without...
Fast-charging could damage electric car batteries
Just 25 industry-standard fast charging cycles can ruin a car’s batteries.
Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that...