Engineering

How a scientist uses fluorescence to understand battery degradation

Have you ever noticed how frustrating it is when the power goes out and the batteries in your flashlight are dead? Batteries are crucial in...

Yale Fiberview Camera reveals the mysteries of dark energy

What if I told you that a special camera from Yale is helping scientists better understand the universe's expansion and the role of dark...

Scientists create tiny, planet-like drops of liquid metal

Scientists at RMIT University in Australia have managed to create a unique new form of liquid metal nanodroplets that resemble tiny planets. Just like Earth,...

Penn State scientists find a cool solution for next-gen electronics

We all know how annoying it can be when our phones or laptops start getting hot after we've used them for a while. Well, as...

Scientists invent electric artificial muscles that can feel

In an exciting leap for robotics, scientists from Queen Mary University of London have invented a special kind of artificial muscle that can feel...

Knitting mushroom roots: A new way to make green buildings

Construction might be about to get a whole lot greener thanks to the mighty mushroom! Scientists, aiming to make the construction industry more eco-friendly, have...

Stretchy color-changing display unveils the future of wearable screens

Imagine a world where wearable patches can monitor your health through color changes or shipping labels can indicate the temperature or sterility of food...

Scientists create a rubber block that can count

Physicists Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak from Leiden University and AMOLF Amsterdam have come up with a rubber block that can count and...

Scientists create pocket-sized, sun-powered water harvester

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a handheld device that can suck water right out of the air and turn it...

How scientists create a strange new state in crystals with laser

Ever spilled water on a table and watched how it flows? How about watching ice on a cold winter's day? It's obvious that water and ice...