Engineering
For decades, people using 3D printers have faced a tough decision: print quickly, print parts with fine features or print materials that meet performance requirements. Light-based 3D printers are fast and precise but limited ...
Nov 5, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Zinc-air batteries can store significantly more energy than lithium-ion batteries, but until now have been virtually impossible to recharge. A team led by Professor Jörg J. Schneider from the Department of Chemistry has now ...
Oct 11, 2026
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Robotics
Researchers have covered robotic fingers with a new artificial skin that allows the hand to grasp fragile pencil lead and pull away from a needle before it punctures the covering. Both actions depend on more than sensitive ...
Engineering
Scientists have found a way to use defects in crystals to engineer stronger materials, according to a new study.
Oct 18, 2026
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Robotics
A moth-shaped robot used an artificial circulatory system to deliver chemical building blocks through its body and grow a light sensor where UV light struck.
Oct 30, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Electronic devices are no longer limited to conventional systems with a screen, keyboard and processing components. Over the past decades, some electronics engineers have been developing thin electronic fibers that could ...
Energy & Green Tech
Vitamin B12 is essential for the body's proper functioning and is found in foods of animal origin. It is produced by certain bacteria that, in addition to being found in nature, are cultivated at industrial facilities for ...
Nov 5, 2026
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Hardware
Bubbles can be useful tools for microscopic robots, helping them move, steer, create flows of liquid and perform other functions. But designs based on trapping a bubble, a common approach, are unwieldy and unpredictable because ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A special white paint developed at the University of South Florida could offer a new way to cool buildings, reduce energy consumption and lessen reliance on air conditioning. Created in the lab of Distinguished University ...
Nov 6, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Making more efficient, longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries has been a challenge for researchers because adding more mass to the batteries restricts how fast electricity and lithium ions can move. To overcome this challenge, ...
Nov 5, 2026
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