Engineering news
Engineering
From sewer to furnace: How wastewater sludge is greening steel production
By turning wastewater sludge into biocoal and green hydrogen, EU researchers are helping reduce the steel industry's environmental impact.
10 minutes ago
0
0
Engineering
Overestimated semiconductor performance metrics: Researchers uncover main culprit
A research team affiliated with UNIST has uncovered a critical flaw in the performance evaluation metrics that have long guided researchers in semiconductor development. This discovery raises concerns that the commonly used ...
19 hours ago
0
39
Feeling is believing: Making prosthetic limbs and virtual reality feel more real
Virtual reality and prosthetics are advancing rapidly thanks to technological innovations, but both are still missing one key element—a sense of touch, also known as haptic feedback.
19 hours ago
0
7
Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur, at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois ...
22 hours ago
0
12
Breathe easy: Innovative device removes 94% of airborne pathogens from indoor air
With winter approaching and people spending more time indoors, the quality of the air they breathe becomes increasingly important, especially during cold and flu season.
16 hours ago
0
11
Engineering
Building hypersonic planes won't demand a significantly different design approach, study suggests
Hypersonic planes could fly from Sydney to Los Angeles in just an hour. What's standing in the way of such ultra-fast planes becoming reality is our understanding of how the turbulence they generate as they fly at such high ...
Nov 12, 2025
1
9
Engineering
Porous separators boost efficiency of electrolyzers for carbon monoxide reduction
Electrolyzers, devices that use electricity to drive desired chemical reactions, could enable the production of clean hydrogen (H2) gas from water (H2O) and the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful fuels or industrial ...
Nov 11, 2025
0
60
Engineering
Spray 3D concrete printing simulator boosts strength and design
Concrete 3D printing reduces both time and cost by eliminating traditional formwork, the temporary mold for casting. Yet most of today's systems rely on extrusion-based methods, which deposit material very close to a nozzle ...
Nov 11, 2025
0
9
Engineering
Once considered quality problems, substrate defects now enable precise control of semiconductor crystal growth
A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has made a breakthrough in semiconductor development that could reshape the way we produce computer chips, optoelectronics and quantum computing devices.
Nov 11, 2025
0
41
Engineering
Engineered living materials with bacterial spores show promise for self-healing and sustainability
Bacterial spores—the hardy survival structures formed by certain bacterial species—are proving to be a game changer in the field of engineered living materials (ELMs). By embedding Bacillus spores within ELMs, Jeong-Joo ...
Nov 11, 2025
0
29
Engineering
New algorithm enhances Doppler resolution of unmanned vehicle radars
A research team has developed an extrapolation-based Doppler resolution enhancement algorithm for frequency modulated continuous wave radars. The algorithm improves system performance, offering an advancement that is superior ...
Nov 11, 2025
0
0
Engineering
New recharge-to-recycle reactor turns battery waste into new lithium feedstock
As global electric vehicle adoption accelerates, end-of-life battery packs are quickly becoming a major waste stream. Lithium is costly to mine and refine, and most current recycling methods are energy- and chemical-intensive, ...
Nov 10, 2025
0
59
Engineering
Engineered randomness enhances connection speed and precision in next-generation wireless systems
The next generation of wireless communication will move into signal frequencies even higher than those of today's 5G systems, allowing signals to carry vastly more data at much higher speeds. These high-frequency bands, expected ...
Nov 10, 2025
0
2
Engineering
Beyond physical sensors: AI diffusion models visualize hidden structural defects
System reliability and safety are paramount across industries such as semiconductors, energy, automotive, and steel, where even microscopic cracks or defects within structures can critically affect performance. Since these ...
Nov 10, 2025
0
47
Engineering
Recycling technology achieves 99% purity of nickel and cobalt extracted from waste batteries
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled an innovative recycling technology capable of recovering more than 95% of nickel and cobalt from waste batteries with a purity exceeding 99%. This advanced method addresses ...
Nov 10, 2025
0
0
Engineering
Green alternative for light-emitting materials in displays uses plant waste and amino acids
Scientists have devised a way to create a green alternative to the light-emitting materials often used in TV, smartphones and other display technologies.
Nov 9, 2025
0
28
Robotics
Humans have remote touch 'seventh sense' like sandpipers, research shows
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals ...
Nov 7, 2025
3
539
Engineering
Magnetic materials discovered by AI could reduce rare earth dependence
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have harnessed artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of new functional magnetic materials, creating a searchable database of 67,573 magnetic materials, including ...
Nov 7, 2025
0
28
Robotics
Turning a flaw into a superpower: Researchers redefine how robots move
A research team led by Dr. Lin Cao from the University of Sheffield's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has reimagined one of robotics' long-standing flaws as a breakthrough feature—unveiling a new way for ...
Nov 7, 2025
0
81
Engineering
Surprising iron corrosion during electrochemical charging explains origin of atypical hydrogen permeation behavior
The transition from a carbon-based fuel economy to that centered on hydrogen has gained interest worldwide given the focus on sustainability. As researchers in corrosion, it became obvious for us to look at the underlying ...
Engineering
'Self-driving' lab learns to grow materials on its own
When scientists make the thin metal films used in electronics, optics, and quantum technologies, they usually spend months tinkering with the temperature, composition and timing of the process, hoping to land on just the ...
Nov 6, 2025
0
26
Engineering
Composite metal foam could lead to safer hazmat transportation
A new study finds that composite metal foam (CMF) can withstand tremendous force—enough to punch a hole in a railroad tank car—at much lower weight than solid steel. The finding raises the possibility of creating a safer ...
Nov 6, 2025
0
43
Engineering
Thin resistor routinely used in photonic devices can also act as a thermometer
Integrated photonics has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but it is feeling the heat—literally.
Nov 6, 2025
0
39
Engineering
How AI can track hockey action from faceoff to finish
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed two innovative artificial intelligence (AI) systems that significantly improve how hockey games can be analyzed using video footage without the need for expensive equipment.
Nov 6, 2025
0
3
Engineering
Dual-level engineering strategy shows promise for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
Carbon-supported single-atom catalysts with metal-N moieties are highly promising for lithium–sulfur batteries. They can enhance redox kinetics and suppress the dissolution of lithium polysulfides. However, carbon substrate ...
Nov 6, 2025
0
14
