Engineering

Scientists find way to make oxygen injectable

What if emergency medical personnel could treat a desperately ill patient in need of oxygen with a simple injection instead of having to rely...

Scientists reveal new dynamical framework for turbulence

Turbulence plays a key role in our daily lives, making for bumpy plane rides, affecting weather and climate, limiting the fuel efficiency of the...

Scientists create engineered materials that can think

Someone taps your shoulder. The organized touch receptors in your skin send a message to your brain, which processes the information and directs you to...

New green material could be ultra-strong solar energy harvester

Researchers have identified how controlling the arrangement of atoms in a green material can allow it to harvest sunlight using extremely thin layers. Solar cells...

Scientists develop new method to assess ozone layer recovery

Cambridge scientists have developed a new method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer. Published in the...

How do rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries work

Researchers have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries — which promise safety, low cost and environmental sustainability — could be developed into a viable...

Your next wooden chair could arrive flat, then dry into a 3D shape

Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending, or pressing. That’s so old school! Today, scientists will describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a...

Scientists find an efficient way to extract silver

Chemists have discovered the best sorbent (based on amino polymers) for extracting silver from solutions. It helps selectively extract the precious metal, even if its...

Scientists find super-fast way to charge electric car in 10 minutes

Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles, many consumers still hesitate to make the switch. One reason is that it takes so much longer to...

Lignin may lead to greener, stronger next-gen carbon fiber

New research with lignin may soon lead to lighter, stronger carbon fiber materials and stronger plastics with a gentler environmental impact. Lignin is a compound...