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03/06/2020 / By Franz Walker

“Pantry” science: MIT researchers grow carbon nanotubes using common kitchen ingredients

When the subject of carbon nanotubes is brought up, most people probably won’t think of something that can be cooked up in a kitchen. However, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have done just that – creating carbon nanotubes with the help of common household materials. Led by Richard Li, a graduate student in […]

02/09/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Updating fluid-powered machines: Scientists design bizarre-looking lionfish powered by a blood-like compound

You’ve heard of robots that can run, lift, jump and crawl. Now, prepare to see one that can bleed. In a paper published in the scientific journal Nature, a joint team of researchers from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania detailed how they built a soft robotic lionfish, complete with a multi-functional circulatory system. […]

02/07/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Engineers develop robot gripping arm that “tastes” using bacteria

Much like how octopuses and squids use their tentacles, a new biohybrid robot developed by a joint team of researchers uses its fingers to “taste” the world around it. Created by a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the biohybrid robot uses a bioengineered strain […]

11/19/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers are “storing” energy using eggshells with new conductive material

The spent shells of chicken eggs might go from unwanted biowaste to a cheap, renewable, and valuable alternative material to metals in lithium-ion batteries. A German-led study reports that powdered chicken eggshells successfully store large amounts of electrical energy. Led by researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the international team tested eggshells as a […]

10/19/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers successfully generate electricity from “the coldness of the universe”: New technology could complement alternative energy sources like solar power

You’ve heard of all the ways to convert light or wind or heat into usable electricity. But have you ever thought that the coldness of the universe might serve as an alternative source of clean and renewable power? Most energy production systems get their power from somewhere. Solar panels collect light while wind turbines rely […]

09/02/2019 / By Edsel Cook

New camera boasts frame rate of 10 trillion fps, captures light as it travels

If you ever wanted to see what light looks like as it travels through air, you would need the femtosecond streak camera developed by California-based researchers. The fastest optical instrument in the world, it snaps a staggering 10 trillion frames per second. Developed by researchers from the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) and the […]

08/30/2019 / By Isabelle Z.

Promising new study shows path for reducing the environmental impact of making plastics

Manufacturing products like steel, plastics and iron is the world’s top source of energy consumption, and it also releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct. Researchers have long been looking for ways to make these processes more eco-friendly, and now chemical engineers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a novel approach to making […]

08/23/2019 / By Stephanie Diaz

Medical research breakthrough: Scientists can now measure microscopic vibrations to identify proteins, similar to “fingerprinting”

Fingerprints have been used for many years to identify individuals based on the unique makeup of their fingerprints. But there are actually unique identifiers that exist in nature as well, and amazingly, there is a certain type of “fingerprint” that is so small, it can only be detected by specialized instruments. A new study reveals […]

08/10/2019 / By Edsel Cook

After “the dress,” it’s the “cup” – 3D printed goblet can change color with different lighting conditions

Dutch researchers modernized an ancient technique for making materials that altered their color according to the lighting condition. They modified the method for use in 3D printing devices and applied nanotechnology to achieve the color-changing effects. The research team infused the printing ink mixture with tiny particles of gold. Trial runs printed a plastic goblet […]

07/24/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Quantum computer time machine: Russian physicists can move small particles a fraction of a second into the past

Russian researchers claim that they developed a “time machine” capable of sending subatomic particles in the opposite direction of time’s arrow. The quantum device is said to transport tiny bits of matter a fraction of a second into the past. Conducted by the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (MIPT), the device used electrons as […]

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