Self-healing metal oxides could protect against corrosion
MIT scientists have recently discovered that a strong oxide defensive covering for metals can, when connected inadequately thin layers, disfigure as though it were a...
Using water molecules to read electrical activity in lipid membranes
EPFL scientists for the first time, are able to detect the behavior of adjacent water molecules. This enables them to map out in real...
Penn State scientists developed plant-disease app recognized by Google
Scientists at the Penn State have developed a mobile app that helps farmers and others diagnose crop diseases has earned recognition from one of...
Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
Natural tissues have complex mechanical properties – delicate yet-solid, extreme yet-adaptable – that are hard to recreate utilizing engineered materials. A universal group has...
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Adhesives like these bandages are commonly used in our daily lives, but when you try to attach them to places that encounter large, inhomogenous...
Edges and corners increase efficiency of catalytic converters
Catalytic converters for cleaning exhaust emission are more proficient when they utilize nanoparticles with numerous edges. This is one of the discoveries of an...
Utilizing solar energy to bring clean drinking water to remote areas
Utilizing solar energy and nanoparticles to make saltwater drinkable, scientists from Yale and Rice University have built up a framework that could conceivably be...
Reusing electric pylons to design the roof of a train station
For his Master’s project in civil engineering, Joseph Desruelle came up with a project to count and classify thousands of steel bars from dismantled...
New device, harvests water from desert air
Even in the aridest places on Earth, there is some moisture in the air, and a practical way to extract that moisture could be...
World’s first continuous room-temperature solid-state maser
Masers (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation), the more established, microwave recurrence kin of the laser, was concocted in 1954. However not at...
Nanocrystalline graphite offers new class of harsh environment electronics
Small-scale and nanoelectromechanical transfers have adequately zero spillage current and can work at considerably higher temperatures and levels of radiation than strong state transistors....
EPFL scientists developed world’s first formic acid-based fuel cell
EPFL scientists along with GRT Group have developed the world's first coordinated power supply unit that can deliver power from formic corrosive, utilizing a power device...