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Magnetic Cooling of Nanoelectronic Chips

High-tech refrigerators have been used to reach temperatures as close to absolute zero as possible — 0 kelvin or -273.15 °C. Physicists aim to cool equipment to as close to absolute zero as possible,...

Stretchable Mesh for Cavity Noise Reduction

NASA’s Langley Research Center has developed a landing gear cavity modification that reduces noise produced during aircraft approach and landing. The modification is an innovative stretchable mesh...

SAE WCX Preview: Experience the Evolution

Revolutionary changes are driving the mobility industry forward. Explore the next generation of transportation engineering at SAE’s WCX: World Congress Experience from April 10-12 in Detroit, MI....

Ground-Based Sensors Detect Aircraft Laser Strikes

A growing safety concern for pilots and aircraft passengers is laser strikes, or the aiming of high-power laser pointers at aircraft. Laser strikes pose many dangers to pilots, including...

Simplified Method for Uniformly Distributing Flow Within a Fluid Layer of a Multi-Layer Heat Exchanger

In multi-layer and multi-fluid plate and fin heat exchangers, fluid ports are required to be located on the side of the heat exchanger....

Products of Tomorrow

This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.

Mixing 3D Printing Technologies Helps Optimize Products

StratasysEden Prairie, MNwww.stratasys.com Christie Digital Systems manufactures advanced digital projectors and displays using an innovative prototyping program. The company serves...

Flexible, Water-Repellent Graphene Circuits for Washable Electronics

New graphene printing technology can produce electronic circuits that are low-cost, flexible, highly conductive, and water-repellent. Low-cost, inkjet-printed graphene can...

Self-Powered, Paper-Based Devices for Medical Diagnostics

A new medical diagnostic device made of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses — powered only by the user’s touch — and reads out...

New Cardiac Catheter Combines Light and Ultrasound to Measure Plaque

To win the battle against heart disease, cardiologists need better ways to identify the composition of plaque that is likely to rupture and cause a heart attack. Angiography...

Self-Propelled Catheter with Earthworm-Like Peristaltic Motion

Biopsies of pulmonary lesions are essential for increasing the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment for respiratory illnesses such as lung cancer. Currently, manual biopsies are...

Gel Coating May Lead to Better Catheters, IV Lines, and Surgical Tubing

Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases, but a patient's experience with such devices...

Edible Electronics? Writing Graphene Patterns on Toast with Lasers

Rice University scientists who introduced laser-induced graphene have enhanced their technique to produce what may become a new class of edible electronics. The scientists are...

Inside Look at 'Digital Thread' Aerospace Manufacturing Method

A new manufacturing approach, 'digital thread,' is moving the design, manufacture, and testing of industrial parts and machines into the digital sphere. This video is part of a...

Soft Robotic Fingers Measure Pressure, Movement, and Temperature

Inspired by our bodies' sensory capabilities, Harvard researchers have developed a platform for creating soft robots with embedded sensors that can sense movement, pressure,...

Smart Wearable Monitors and Understands Complex Human Motion

University of British Columbia researchers have developed a practical way to monitor and interpret human motion, in what may be the missing piece to the puzzle when it comes to...

Origami is Key to Air Force Concepts

For scientists and engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory, the prospect of using origami to create complex, multi-functional materials from a two-dimensional substrate is a highly attractive...

Product of the Month

Product of the Month Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA, introduced the PathWave software platform that integrates design, test, measurement, and analysis to enable product development from concept to manufacturing. The...

"Green" Device Generates Electricity from Motion

A wireless triboelectric nanogenerator (W-TENG) generates electricity from motion and vibrations. It consists of a biodegradeable polymer and graphene. When the two materials are brought...

Robo-Picker Grasps and Packs

Engineers from MIT and Princeton University have developed a robotic pick-and-place system that consists of a standard industrial robotic arm outfitted with a custom gripper and suction cup. An...

NASA's Newest Subscale Aircraft 'MicroCub' Has Successful First Flight

The Subscale Research Lab at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center has a new addition to their fleet of miniature aircraft. The MicroCub, a modified Bill Hempel...

Roush to Support the Aerospace Industry with the King of Metal 3D Printers

Roush—the Michigan-based product developer—is the first service supplier in North America to install the Concept Laser Xline 2000R, the largest powderbed metal...

Meet 'microTUM' - Tumbling, Magnetic Microbot for Biomedical Injectables

Purdue University's 'microscale magnetic tumbling robot,' or microTUM, is smaller than the head of a pin. A continuously rotating magnetic field propels the microbot in a...

Wearable, Electronic Throat Sensor is 'Game Changer' for Stroke Recovery Treatment

Developed at Northwestern University, a new wearable designed to be worn on the throat can measure patients' swallowing ability and speech patterns. The...

Inside Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories delivers essential science and technology to resolve the nation's most challenging security issues. The Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) works with other...

How Will the Rise of Electric Vehicles Impact the Power Grid? An Engineer Simulates the Effects

An energy at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory used computer simulation to project the impact of in-home charging on the grid.