Collagen Nanofibrils in Mammalian Tissues Get Stronger With Exercise Mon, December 17, 2018 A recent experimental study on nanoscale collagen fibrils sheds light on reasons why collagen is such a resilient material. Read More
Microcapsule Technology Could Yield Advance in Carbon Capture Fri, December 14, 2018 Led by the University of Pittsburgh and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) the advance hopes to mitigate the USA’s CO2 output from coal and natural gas, which amounted to 1,713 million metric tons of CO2, or 98 per cent of all CO2 emissions from the electric power sector in 2017. Read More
Ingestible Capsule Can Be Controlled Wirelessly Thu, December 13, 2018 Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth wireless technology. Read More
Sun-Soaking Device Turns Water Into Superheated Steam Wed, December 12, 2018 MIT engineers have built a device that soaks up enough heat from the sun to boil water and produce "superheated" steam hotter than 100 degrees Celsius, without any expensive optics. Read More
Aluminum Nitride to Extend Life of Solar Power Plants Tue, December 11, 2018 The National University of Science and Technology scientists together with their colleagues from the Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (Cairo, Egypt) have developed a composite material to extend the life of solar towers up to five years. The research article has been published in Renewable ... Read More
New Material Could Be the Answer to Infrastructure Woes Mon, December 10, 2018 Researchers at LSU are close to bringing Engineered Cementitious Composites, also known as ductile or bendable concrete, to mass adoption, producing a cost-effective material that utilizes readily available ingredients. Read More
MIT ‘Sun in a Box’ Uses White Hot Silicon for Energy Storage Mon, December 10, 2018 Engineers at MIT have developed a grid-scale energy storage concept known as the ‘sun in a box’, which they claim would be half the cost of pumped hydro storage. Read More
Apply for National Lab Summer Internships by January 10 Mon, November 19, 2018 A number of programs at Oak Ridge National Lab, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other national labs encourage GCSP students to apply and cite their experience with the GCSP in their applications. January 10 is the application deadline for the Science Undergraduate Laboratory ... Read More
Watch Grand Challenges Speaker Series Fri, November 16, 2018 Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) and the Arizona State University GCSP hosted Dr. Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., Regents Professor and Ira A. Fulton Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at ASU and NAE member discussion of the Grand Challenge to restore and improve urban infrastructure. Read More
A Stabilizing Influence Enables Lithium-Sulfur Battery Evolution Tue, October 16, 2018 In late July of 2008 a British solar plane set an unofficial flight-endurance record by remaining aloft for more than three days straight. Lithium-sulfur batteries emerged as one of the great technological advances that enabled the flight -powering the plane overnight with efficiency unmatched by ... Read More
Ultra-Light Gloves Let Users 'Touch' Virtual Objects Mon, October 15, 2018 Engineers and software developers around the world are seeking to create technology that lets users touch, grasp and manipulate virtual objects, while feeling like they are actually touching something in the real world. Read More
Energy Harvesting and Innovative Inputs Highlight Tech Show Gadgetry Mon, October 15, 2018 Wearable technology developed at Dartmouth College with the potential to change the way we live and work will be introduced at the 31st ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium. Read More
Breakthrough in Self-Healing Materials Thu, October 11, 2018 The cost of making plastics, paints, coatings for cell phone screens and other materials that heal themselves like skin could be dramatically reduced thanks to a breakthrough that a Clemson University team detailed in the latest edition of the journal Science. Read More
UK Engineers Develop Tiny Camera for Imaging Inside Veins and Arteries Thu, October 11, 2018 In a claimed “watershed moment” for intravascular surgery, engineers at Cambridge Consultants have developed a prototype high-definition camera able to provide a detailed view of the inside of veins and arteries. Read More
First Bioelectronic Device Regenerates Nerves in Rats Tue, October 09, 2018 The first example of bioelectronic medicine has seen a biodegradable wireless device implanted into a rat to speed the regeneration of nerves. Read More
Beetle Inspired 3D Printed Cement Could Lead to Disaster Proof Buildings Thu, October 04, 2018 3D printed cement that mimics the shells of beetles by getting tougher under pressure could lead to the development of more resilient building structures, optimised to withstand natural disasters. Read More
Facebook Unveils Quest, Its New Virtual-Reality Headset Wed, September 26, 2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is off to a slow start in his mission to bring virtual reality to the masses, so perhaps it's appropriate his company's next VR headset will be called Quest. Read More
Artificial Intelligence to Improve Drug Combination Design and Personalized Medicine Tue, September 25, 2018 A new auto-commentary looks at how an emerging area of artificial intelligence, specifically the analysis of small systems-of-interest specific datasets, can be used to improve drug development and personalized medicine. Read More
Rutgers Researchers Develop Automated Robotic Device for Faster Blood Testing Wed, June 13, 2018 Rutgers researchers have created an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results, potentially improving the workflow in hospitals and other health-related institutions to allow health care practitioners to spend more time treating patients. Read More
New System Recovers Fresh Water From Power Plants Fri, June 08, 2018 A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around the world while also cutting power plant operating costs. Read More
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