Left: A nanofiber filter that captures 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols; Right: A highly magnified image of the polymer nanofibers. Credit: Yun Shen A filter made…
View More Stopping the Airborne Spread of COVID-19: Nanofiber Filter Captures Almost 100% of Coronavirus AerosolsAuthor: lutra
A Ghostly Solution: Strange Property of the Quantum Realm Enables Efficient Energy Harvesting in Tiny Device
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have tapped into a poltergeist-like property of electrons to design devices that can capture excess heat from their…
View More A Ghostly Solution: Strange Property of the Quantum Realm Enables Efficient Energy Harvesting in Tiny DeviceWorld-First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries – Imagine a 20-Story Building That Stores Energy Like a Giant Battery
Imagine an entire twenty-story concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such…
View More World-First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries – Imagine a 20-Story Building That Stores Energy Like a Giant BatteryScientists Explore Tesla Roads Not Taken – And Find Potential New Utility in 100-Year-Old Invention
Double-exposure photograph of Nikola Tesla in December 1899 sitting in his laboratory in Colorado Springs next to his magnifying transmitter high voltage generator while the…
View More Scientists Explore Tesla Roads Not Taken – And Find Potential New Utility in 100-Year-Old InventionHarvesting Light Like Nature Does: Synthesizing a New Class of Bio-Inspired, Light-Capturing Nanomaterials
POSS-peptoid molecules self-assemble into rhomboid-shaped nanocrystals. Credit: Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory…
View More Harvesting Light Like Nature Does: Synthesizing a New Class of Bio-Inspired, Light-Capturing NanomaterialsNew Propulsion System Could Enable Flying at Speeds Up to Mach 17
A conceptual hypersonic aircraft, powered by an oblique detonation wave engine, is pictured. Background image credit: NASA. Aircraft and composite image credit: Daniel Rosato, UCF.…
View More New Propulsion System Could Enable Flying at Speeds Up to Mach 17US Air Force autonomous drone Skyborg completes first flight
A Skyborg conceptual design for a low cost Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV). Credit: AFRL Last month, the United States Air Force successfully test flew…
View More US Air Force autonomous drone Skyborg completes first flightNew Material Could Better Protect Soldiers, Athletes and Motorists From Shock, Impact and Explosions
Soldiers, athletes, and motorists could lead safer lives thanks to a new process that could lead to more efficient and re-useable protection from shock and…
View More New Material Could Better Protect Soldiers, Athletes and Motorists From Shock, Impact and ExplosionsResearchers Develop 3D-Printed Jelly for Biomedical Materials and Soft Robotics
The hydrogel material comes from different-sized seaweed particles. Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Hydrogels merge two physical forms of the same seaweed material for…
View More Researchers Develop 3D-Printed Jelly for Biomedical Materials and Soft RoboticsX-ray Experiments and Machine Learning Innovation Could Trim Years off Battery R&D
Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen is seen working inside the Battery Informatics Lab 1070 in the Arrillaga Science Center, Bldg. 57. Credit: Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National…
View More X-ray Experiments and Machine Learning Innovation Could Trim Years off Battery R&D