Engineering News
April 12, 2025
Top Headlines
Apr. 9, 2025 — A new approach to streaming technology may significantly improve how users experience virtual reality and augmented reality environments, according to a new study. The research describes a method for directly predicting visible content in immersive ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — It's a game a lot of us played as children -- and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — FLUID, an open-source, 3D-printed robot, offers an affordable and customizable solution for automated material synthesis, making advanced research accessible to more ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for flying ...
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Apr. 8, 2025 — A new way to watch catalytic reactions happen at the molecular level in real time could lead to better fundamental understanding and planning of the important reactions used in countless ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but an international ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student recently made the surprising discovery of what they call a 'shape-recovering liquid,' which defies some long-held expectations derived from the ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices -- ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent at dissipating heat -- a team of researchers made a discovery: ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — When we move, it's harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track our heart activity. But researchers found that a starfish's five-arm shape helps solve this problem. Inspired by how a ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Applied physicists have created a photon router that could plug into quantum networks to create robust optical interfaces for noise-sensitive microwave quantum ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 1, 2025 — Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — Researchers have developed an innovative solution to a pressing environmental challenge: removing and destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called 'forever ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — A team of researchers has developed a groundbreaking high-temperature copper alloy with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength. The research team's findings on the new copper ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a way to protect quantum information from environmental disruptions, offering hope for more reliable future ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone under water: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins. A research team has developed an ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — A new method significantly advances 3D imaging of reflective surfaces. The approach integrates techniques known from high-precision optical 3D metrology and computer vision, and could benefit ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionize early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers. The team say this is the first time it has ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Nature documentaries presented as 360 virtual reality videos have a stronger positive effect than other forms of media, including an indirect effect on donation ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A new study shows that people in Japan treat robots and AI agents more respectfully than people in Western ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Using microorganisms, researchers have successfully developed a new bio-based plastic to replace conventional ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — To get around the constraints of quantum physics, researchers have built a new acoustic system to study the way the minuscule atoms of condensed matter talk together. They hope to one day build an ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Scientists recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for wireless, battery-free, ultraminiaturized implants that ensures these devices remain protected while still allowing ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Engineers have developed an approach for recycling cement waste into a sustainable, low-carbon alternative that is comparable in performance to the industry ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — An AI-powered robot that can prepare cups of coffee in a busy kitchen could usher in the next generation of intelligent machines, a study ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Scientists worked to ensure fleet safety after a large crack was unexpectedly found near the cockpit of a T-38 Talon. A new study describes how risk and damage tolerance analyses helped determine a ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Virginia Tech researchers say a true revolution in wireless technologies is only possible through endowing the system with the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) that can think, imagine, ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Breakthrough Copper Alloy Achieves Unprecedented High-Temperature Performance
- Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information from 'noise'
- A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
- Beyond Ambiguous Reflections: Bridging Optical 3D Metrology and Computer Vision
- Feeling the Future: New Wearable Tech Simulates Realistic Touch
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- Virtual Reality Videos Increase Environmental Awareness
- Philosophy: Cultural Differences in Exploitation of Artificial Agents
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Eco-Friendly, Nylon-Like Plastic Using Microorganisms
- These Electronics-Free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
- Listen to Quantum Atoms Talk Together Thanks to Acoustics
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Engineer Develops New Security Protocol to Protect Miniaturized Wireless Medical Implants from Cyberthreats
- Recycled Cements Drive Down Emissions Without Slacking on Strength
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Coffee-Making Robot Breaks New Ground for AI Machines
- Rapid Response to Address Critical Aging Aircraft Issue
- Revolutionary Blueprint to Fuse Wireless Technologies and AI
- Building a Safer Future: Strengthen Haiti's Earthquake Resilience
Monday, March 17, 2025
- From Order to Chaos: Understanding the Principles Behind Collective Motion in Bacteria
- RNA Origami: Artificial Cytoskeletons to Build Synthetic Cells
- Artificial Muscle Flexes in Multiple Directions, Offering a Path to Soft, Wiggly Robots
- Magnetic Microalgae on a Mission to Become Robots
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Stretching Spider Silk Makes It Stronger
- Security Veins: Advanced Biometric Authentication Through AI and Infrared
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Smart, Energy-Efficient Robot Grippers Cut Production Costs
- Touchless Tech: Control Fabrics With a Wave of Your Finger
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Scientists Develop Open-Source Software for Modeling Soft Materials
- My Compliments to the Chef: Researcher Studies Robots in the Kitchen
- Feeling Is Believing: Bionic Hand 'knows' What It's Touching, Grasps Like a Human
- Controlling Conformational Changes in Protein Aromatic Side Chains
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Quantum Properties in Atom-Thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells
- Scientists Use AI to Better Understand Nanoparticles
- Breaking the Surface: How Damage Reshapes Ripples in Graphene
- Engineers Create More Effective Burner to Reduce Methane Emissions
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Self-Driving Cars Learn to Share Road Knowledge Through Digital Word-of-Mouth
- Cracking the Code on Solid-State Batteries
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Student Refines 100-Year-Old Math Problem, Expanding Wind Energy Possibilities
- Material's 'incipient' Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
- A Springtail-Like Jumping Robot
- Morphing Robot Turns Challenging Terrain to Its Advantage
- Researchers Create the World's Smallest Shooting Video Game Using Nanoscale Technology
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- A New Model Accurately Predicts the Movement of Elite Athletes to Catch the Ball in Parabolic Flight
- From Waste to Wonder: Revolutionary Green Grout for Sustainable Construction Practices
- Materials Incorporated Into Quantum Qubit Platform
Friday, February 21, 2025
- How to Get a Robot Collective to Act Like a Smart Material
- Microcomb Chips Help Pave the Way for Thousand Times More Accurate GPS Systems
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- A Miniature Swimming Robot Inspired by Marine Flatworms
- For Success in Bioelectronics, Build With Nature-Inspired Design
- New Environmentally-Friendly Mortar Reduces Heat Loss
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals How Topology Drives Complexity in Brain, Climate, and AI
- A Robust and Adaptive Controller for Ballbots
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Harnessing Failure as an Asset: How Researchers Are Innovating Smarter Wearable Tech
- Selective Combustion Provides Energy-Efficient Alternative to Remove Pollutants from Industrial Processes
Monday, February 17, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Combining Millions of Years of Evolution With Tech Wizardry: The Cyborg Cockroach
- Research Uses AI to Make Infrastructure More Resilient, Sustainable
- Engineers Discover Key Barrier to Longer-Lasting Batteries
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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Monday, February 10, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Novel 'living' Biomaterial Aims to Advance Regenerative Medicine
- New Technique to Detect Dark Matter Using Atomic Clocks and Lasers
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- 'Living' Electrodes Breathe New Life Into Traditional Silicon Electronics
- Researchers Discover New Way to Customize Living Materials for Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery and 3D Printing
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Why Your Headphone Battery Doesn't Last
- Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Biosensor for Rare Earth Element Detection
- Nanomaterials Are Emerging as a Powerful Tool for Coastal Oil Spill Cleanup
Monday, February 3, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Study Using Virtual Breathing Coach Indicates It Is as Effective as a Human Trainer
- New Insights on Radical Trapping in 12-Phosphatetraphene Uncovered
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- New Atom-Based Thermometer Measures Temperature More Accurately
- Scientists 'mimic Real Biological Processes' Using Synthetic Neurons
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Structural Color Shields: Water Repellent Coatings
- Plant-Based Substitute for Fossil Fuels Developed for Plastic Foams
Monday, January 27, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Finding Better Photovoltaic Materials Faster With AI
- The Secret to Robust and Reversible Underwater Adhesion: The Answer Lies in Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Domain
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Reimagining Chain Mail
- New Water Purification Technology Helps Turn Seawater Into Drinking Water Without Tons of Chemicals
Friday, January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Robots Should Be Repurposed Rather Than Recycled to Combat Rising Scale of E-Waste, Scientists Warn
- A Deep Learning Pipeline for Controlling Protein Interactions
- Innovative 6D Pose Dataset Sets New Standard for Robotic Grasping Performance
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- A New Optical Memory Platform for Super Fast Calculations
- This Fast and Agile Robotic Insect Could Someday Aid in Mechanical Pollination
- Engineers Develop Breakthrough Method for Aluminum Surfaces, Enabling Advancements in Cooling, Self-Cleaning and Anti-Icing Technologies
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Researchers Unveil 'surprising' Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Recycling, Paving Way for Sustainable Materials
- Team Makes Sustainable Aviation Fuel Additive from Recycled Polystyrene