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A Soyuz spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2017 using a conventional, fuel-intensive engine. UW researchers have developed a mathematical model that describes how a new type of engine — one that promises to make rockets fuel-efficient, more lightweight and less complicated to co...
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Determining when and how quickly a liquid will convert to a vapor has been stymied by questions about how – and how much – the temperature changes at the point where the liquid meets the vapor, a concept known as temperature discontinuity. Those questions have made it more difficult to create more efficient p...
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Georgia Tech undergraduate student Gaurav Byagathvalli and Assistant Professor Saad Bhamla with examples of butane lighters they used to create the inexpensive ElectroPen – an electroporator device useful in life sciences research. Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech
Researchers have devised a straightfor...
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08-20
MIT engineers demonstrated a bariatric balloon that can be inflated in the stomach and then degraded by shining light on the seal, which is made of a novel light-sensitive polymer. Credit: Ritu Raman
New light-sensitive material could ...
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08-19
A team of engineers at the University of Missouri has designed a flexible material that can help buildings withstand multiple waves of energy traveling through a solid material, including the ground motions found in earthquakes. Credit...
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08-16
Overhead view of the isoperimetric robot grasping and handling a basketball. Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford News Service
A new type of robot combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy. Once inflated, it can chang...
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08-15
The conductive polymer material was tested for its electrical conductivity while immersed in water to demonstrate its durability and ability to maintain adhesion. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT
A new way of making polymers adhere to surfa...
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08-14
Fluids that heat or cool surfaces make a transition from a smooth flow to a mixing, turbulent flow. A new MIT analysis shows the importance of the transition region to heat flow and temperature control. Credit: Courtesy of the research...
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08-14
Army researchers turn low-cost printers into high-tech production equipment that saves money and facilitates fast printing of critical parts at the point of need.
The Army has a new type of multi-polymer filament for commonly-used desk...
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08-12
A slingshot spider is ready to launch its cone-shaped web at a flying insect. To do so, the spider will release a bundle of silk, allowing the tension line to release and catapult both the spider and the web. Credit: Lawrence E. Reeves...
A Soyuz spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2017 using a conventional, fuel-intensive engine. UW researchers have developed a mathematical model that describes how a new type of engine — one that promises to make rockets fuel-efficient, more lightweight and less complicated to co...
Determining when and how quickly a liquid will convert to a vapor has been stymied by questions about how – and how much – the temperature changes at the point where the liquid meets the vapor, a concept known as temperature discontinuity. Those questions have made it more difficult to create more efficient p...
Georgia Tech undergraduate student Gaurav Byagathvalli and Assistant Professor Saad Bhamla with examples of butane lighters they used to create the inexpensive ElectroPen – an electroporator device useful in life sciences research. Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Researchers have devised a straightfor...
MIT engineers demonstrated a bariatric balloon that can be inflated in the stomach and then degraded by shining light on the seal, which is made of a novel light-sensitive polymer. Credit: Ritu Raman New light-sensitive material could ...
A team of engineers at the University of Missouri has designed a flexible material that can help buildings withstand multiple waves of energy traveling through a solid material, including the ground motions found in earthquakes. Credit...![Shape-Shifting, Free-Roaming Soft Robot Created by Stanford Engineers [Video]](http://china-kangda.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43a4e6892079f0c084f1bb865d703596-140x100.jpg "Shape-Shifting, Free-Roaming Soft Robot Created by Stanford Engineers [Video]")
Overhead view of the isoperimetric robot grasping and handling a basketball. Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford News Service A new type of robot combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy. Once inflated, it can chang...
The conductive polymer material was tested for its electrical conductivity while immersed in water to demonstrate its durability and ability to maintain adhesion. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT A new way of making polymers adhere to surfa...
Fluids that heat or cool surfaces make a transition from a smooth flow to a mixing, turbulent flow. A new MIT analysis shows the importance of the transition region to heat flow and temperature control. Credit: Courtesy of the research...
Army researchers turn low-cost printers into high-tech production equipment that saves money and facilitates fast printing of critical parts at the point of need. The Army has a new type of multi-polymer filament for commonly-used desk...
A slingshot spider is ready to launch its cone-shaped web at a flying insect. To do so, the spider will release a bundle of silk, allowing the tension line to release and catapult both the spider and the web. Credit: Lawrence E. Reeves...