Energy & Green Tech
Jimmy Jiang envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in batteries—perhaps even those he and his students are designing today.
Sep 6, 2023
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Engineering
A Perspective sheds light on why megaprojects take so long and cost so much—and what can be done to prevent the problem. Why did Boston's "Big Dig" building project go 19 billion dollars over budget and take nine years ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Engineering
Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) is a label-free imaging technique that leverages the optical path length information in transparent samples to evaluate their refractive index distribution and thickness variations. Multispectral ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
When Todd Howard, director and executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios, announced in June that the team's upcoming, highly anticipated game, "Starfield," would feature a galaxy of more than 1,000 planets, fans were beyond ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Engineering
Innovative design choices can have a massive impact in the theater of war, so it is important to understand the principles behind their development. Recent use of low-cost cardboard drones by Ukraine, supplied by Australia, ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Business
In manufacturing, a product's information must move across various systems in the production enterprise, from design to product support. This information flow is enabled by a family of standards called STEP (STandard for ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Robotics
Coming to a tight spot near you: CLARI, the little, squishable robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps—with a bit of inspiration from the world of bugs.
Aug 30, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Almost a week after the Apple faithful collectively gasped at the first evidence that the iPhone's red "end call" button might soon be vacating its center position to take up residence one column to the right, it looks like ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
New research suggests a new solar energy design, inspired by nature, may pave the way for future renewable energy technologies.
Aug 15, 2023
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Engineering
A promising, more durable fuel cell design could help transform heavy-duty trucking and other clean fuel cell applications. Consisting of nanowires that are less susceptible to corrosion than other designs, the innovative ...
Aug 14, 2023
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