Scientists find way to navigate a heavy uphill climb
Scientists have uncovered how heavy, motorized objects climb steep slopes--a newly discovered mechanism that also mimics how rock climbers navigate inclines.
The findings, which appear...
This device harvests power from your sweaty fingertips while you sleep
Feeling extra sweaty from a summer heat wave?
Don't worry--not all your perspiration has to go to waste.
In a paper publishing in the journal Joule,...
This new electronic paper displays brilliant colors
Imagine sitting out in the sun, reading a digital screen as thin as paper, but seeing the same image quality as if you were...
New phase-changing material can regulate temperatures inside buildings
Changing climate patterns have left millions of people vulnerable to weather extremes.
As temperature fluctuations become more commonplace around the world, conventional power-guzzling cooling and...
Unique neuron can guide our way home by turning compasses into a gyroscope
Finding our way home from work or school is something most of us take for granted.
Persons with Alzheimer’s disease, however, can get lost even...
Insect-sized robot could solve Lego maze in seconds
Many insects and spiders get their uncanny ability to scurry up walls and walk upside down on ceilings with the help of specialized sticky...
This programmable fiber could transmit data from military uniforms
Scientists have developed new programmable fiber that could transmit data from military uniforms.
Researchers at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute...
Scientists develop a sweat-proof electronic skin
MIT engineers and researchers in South Korea have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” — a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that monitors a person’s health...
Scientists develop the world’s tiniest technology
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have engineered the world's tiniest technology, with a thickness of only two atoms.
According to the researchers, the new technology...
Scientists find solution to the sudden death common to the batteries
Researchers have increased the lifetime of a promising electric vehicle battery to a record level, an important step toward the goal of lighter, less...