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Engineering
Researchers introduce a speedier manufacturing process for stronger aluminum alloys
When Ford began building the F-150 with mostly aluminum bodies in 2014, the popular truck slimmed down by about 700 pounds. That change was designed to improve gas mileage and save money at the fuel pump. Even more weight ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Robotics
Light-fueled torsional soft robot able to rapidly climb stairs
Azobenzene-functionalized liquid crystalline materials can be operated by remote light-stimuli without complicated circuits or parts and thus are attracting great attention in fields such as human interfaces, haptic devices, ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Engineering
Scientists use sintered porous media to build compact, efficient heat exchangers
Despite their deceptively simple function of transferring heat from one medium to another, heat exchangers are of utmost importance in machines. Heat exchange between two fluids depends on the material of the heat exchangers, ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Engineering
Marangoni surfer robots look and move like water bugs
From birds in the sky to fish in the sea, nature's creatures possess characteristics naturally perfected over millennia. Studying them leads engineers to create new technologies that are essential to our way of life today. ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Engineering
How AI breaks in power factor on an industrial workhorse motor
Lift the lid on an electrified home, a factory or a mine, and you'll find a troop of squirrel cage motors active at all hours. Industrialized nations wouldn't be nearly as industrial without these.
Oct 19, 2021
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Robotics
Researchers successfully build four-legged swarm robots
As a robotics engineer, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, gets her inspiration from biological systems. The collective behaviors of ants, honeybees and birds ...
Oct 18, 2021
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Engineering
Researchers determine optimum pressure to improve the performance of lithium metal batteries
A team of materials scientists and chemists has determined the proper stack pressure that lithium metal batteries, or LMBs, need to be subjected to during battery operation in order to produce optimal performance.
Oct 18, 2021
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Engineering
Running shoe material inspired 3D-printed design to protect buildings from impact damage
A material used in running shoes and memory foam pillows has inspired the design of a 3-D-printed product that could help protect buildings from collision damage and other high impact forces, equivalent to a car traveling ...
Oct 18, 2021
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Robotics
New technology can make manual labor 60 percent easier
Exoskeleton technology is becoming increasingly effective.
Oct 18, 2021
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Engineering
How long can fiber reinforced polymer sustain concrete structures? Scientists answer
In modern society, the majority of our infrastructure (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc.) is made of aging concrete. A recently developed cost-effective method of sustaining this infrastructure involves an external coating ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Flying sushi: Israel readies for delivery drone traffic jams
Drone powerhouse Israel is translating the know-how of air force veterans to the delivery of sushi and ice-cream, as companies tap their expertise to avoid collisions in increasingly crowded skies.
Oct 15, 2021
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Business
National shortage of Australian groundwater experts
Australia's future growth is closely aligned to good resources management, and water is top of the list. This is underpinning a growing shortage of groundwater scientists and engineers.
Oct 15, 2021
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Robotics
Researchers build $400 self-navigating smart cane
Most know the white cane as a simple-but-crucial tool that assists people with visual impairments in making their way through the world. Researchers at Stanford University have now introduced an affordable robotic cane that ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Engineering
Bridging optics and electronics: New spatial light modulator marries optical and electronic realms
Spatial light modulators are common optical components found in everything from home theater projectors to cutting-edge laser imaging and optical computing. These components can control various aspects of a light, such as ...
Oct 14, 2021
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