Scientists find new way to make cheaper batteries
New, easily fabricated, high performance carbon microlattice electrodes could soon be used to make cheaper batteries powered by readily available sodium ions.
The approach was...
MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body
Ultrasound imaging is a safe and noninvasive window into the body’s workings, providing clinicians with live images of a patient’s internal organs.
To capture these...
Scientists find new way to build magnets to harvest fusion power of the sun...
Scientists have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world...
MIT scientists 3D print sensors for satellites
MIT scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors for orbiting spacecraft.
These plasma sensors, also known as retarding potential analyzers (RPAs), are...
This engineered mattress could trick your body to fall asleep faster
When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body...
Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit
Asteroid Bennu, the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona, kept surprising the mission team while the...
Why perovskites could take solar cells to new heights
Perovskites hold promise for creating solar panels that could be easily deposited onto most surfaces, including flexible and textured ones.
These materials would also be...
New shape-shifting material can move like a robot
Engineers have developed a new class of smart textiles that can shape-shift and turn a two-dimensional material into 3D structures.
The team from UNSW Sydney’s...
NASA’s new flagship telescope just released its beautiful first images of the universe
The first images of the universe captured by NASA’s new flagship telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, are worth more than a thousand words.
The...
Physicists discover a “family” of robust, superconducting graphene structures
When it comes to graphene, it appears that superconductivity runs in the family.
Graphene is a single-atom-thin material that can be exfoliated from the same...