Location: Berkeley, United States
Ultracold atoms are still too hot. This may seem a ridiculous claim—after
all, the low-temperature exploits of the purveyors of quantum gases are
notorious. Laser cooling can flash-freeze atoms to temperatures in the micro-
and nanokelvin...
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Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abstract :
In this work, an
analytical expression for base transit time tb
of...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
An accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide
engineers' efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells
where it can be pumped out for storage or transport.
Researchers in MIT's Department of...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that
harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it
smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks. The students hope
to...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging
enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a
hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an
electronic device....
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of
energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of
20 major manufacturing processes.
Overall, new manufacturing systems are...
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
The thin-film EL devices use perovskite oxides, typified by barium titanate
(BaTiO3), which has long been used as capacitor material for
electronic circuits. With an emission starting voltage of ≈10 V AC, the power
source...
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Location: California, United States
Abstract :
As robots designed to operate underwater become more common, it is useful to look at ways to make them more efficient. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) carry their power source with them, so improving the efficiency of the...
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Location: Maryland, United States
By analyzing the genetic differences between more than 3 000 people across
Africa and from other parts of the world, researchers have shown how the current
African populations had evolved from 14 aboriginal groups. The result of their...
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
A revolutionary approach to the design of consumer products - from
automobiles to plasma TVs - could cut manufacturers' warranty costs
significantly. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of
Six Sigma and Competitive...
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Location: Austin, United States
A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and...
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Location: Atlanta, United States
Airline passengers arriving in Atlanta on early morning “redeye” flights
during the past few months may have noticed something different during their
descent to the runway. Instead of the typical sound of engine power rising and...
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Location: NIST, United States
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in regions of a semiconductor device as small as 10 nanometers across. Their recent...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Clean burning: A new sparkless gas engine could significantly reduce fuel consumption. In a conventional engine (top), a mixture of fuel and air is ignited by a spark plug. In a diesel (middle), the fuel ignites when it's injected into hot,...
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Location: Georgia, United States
Abstract: Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prosthetic
vein valve to help improve the lives of those suffering from a condition known
as chronic venous insufficiency. The condition, which affects more...
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Location: University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Emerging computer technologies will change our lives for the
better by 2020. But we need to retain control to ensure that these developments
do not impact negatively on basic human values, according to a new report...
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Location: Arizona State University, United States
One day soon a biosensing nanodevice developed by
Arizona State
University researcher Wayne Frasch may eliminate long lines at airport
security checkpoints...
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Location: Stanford University, United States
The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat,
two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your
computer screen. On the other hand, a camera with two lenses (or two cameras
placed...
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Location: Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
X-rays have been used for decades to take pictures of broken bones, but
scientists at the U.S. Department of
Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory
and their collaborators have...
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Location: Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
Standard microscopy and visible light imaging techniques cannot peer into the
dark and murky centers of dense-liquid jets, which has hindered scientists in
their quest for a full understanding of liquid breakup in devices such as
automobile...
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