Scientists create smart satellites that could rescue other broken satellites
When satellites break, which is surprisingly often, there isn't much you can do about them.
They become expensive and dangerous flotsam, orbiting Earth for years...
Scientists create record-setting mobility transistor
Many of the technologies we rely on, from smartphones to wearable devices and more, utilize fast wireless communications.
What might we accomplish if those devices...
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from fossil fuels toward a more sustainable future.
While significant...
Bone breakthrough may lead to more durable airplane wings
Cornell researchers have made a new discovery about how seemingly minor aspects of the internal structure of bone can be strengthened to withstand repeated...
New 3D printing technique produces ‘living’ 4D materials
UNSW researchers have combined 3D printing with a light-controlled process to create a "living" 4D resin.
Repairing and reusing plastics and delivering cancer drugs...
Scientists design built-in controls for mini-chemical labs on a chip
Since the 1990s, scientists have been exploring the possibilities of miniaturized chemical “laboratories” on a chip.
Microfluidic systems can accommodate chemical experiments on a chip...
Scientists discover “ripple” in flexible material that could benefit electronic devices
A newly discovered phenomenon in a flexible semiconductor could affect its promise for electronic devices.
Two-dimensional materials — those either only an atom or layer...
New material could help produce highly efficient solar cells
A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology.
Solar...
Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets
Graphene - a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a lattice - is the strongest material in the world and so thin that...
SpaceX Starlink launch a milestone for lower cost spaceflight
SpaceX is expected to launch 60 Starlink internet satellites into space on Monday, in its Falcon 9 rocket.
The launch is part of an effort...