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Turbomachines – pumps, fans, compressors, turbines and other machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid – are instrumental in the... Read More »
Researchers at Finland’s Aalto University have developed a new and significantly cheaper method to manufacture fuel cells, which have the potential to someday... Read More »
Lockheed Martin has completed 500 hours of reliability testing for the U.S. Navy’s Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV), marking a critical testing milestone... Read More »
Quantum computing — considered the powerhouse of computational tasks — may have applications in areas outside of pure electronics, according to Gurudev... Read More »
AT&T announced today that it has agreed with Deutsche Telekom AG to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, which began in March of this year. The two companies are... Read More »
Photosynthesis directly converts solar energy into storable fuel using just water and carbon dioxide. Scientists have long tried to mimic the underlying natural... Read More »
Ultrafast lasers, which pulse at durations of 100 femtoseconds, or quadrillionths of a second, and cause electrons to reach temperatures above 60,000 degrees Celsius, ... Read More »
Driving your car may someday be as passé as a horse and buggy. Google has been awarded a U.S. Patent for a method to switch a car from traditional driving to... Read More »
Imagine a home or office where every appliance can carry on a minute-by-minute "conversation" with the local power grid, allowing devices to power down when ... Read More »
Cancer radiation therapy capitalizes on radiation's ability to kill cells by causing double-strand breaks in DNA. But, because varying levels of radiation are... Read More »
Current methods for cleaning trace metals out of water are inefficient, expensive or produce unwanted toxic byproducts. Researchers at Brown University are aiming to... Read More »
A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method called laser transmission spectroscopy (LTS). LTS rapidly... Read More »
Lockheed Martin signed a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s Space Development and Test Directorate and the Air... Read More »
The Coca-Cola Company has announced multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three biotechnology companies - Virent, Gevo and Avantium - to... Read More »
Researchers have developed a bandage that stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of wounds. The bandage, called a microvascular stamp, contains... Read More »
Severely impaired stroke survivors walk better when a robotic assist system was added to conventional rehabilitation, according to a new study. Italian researchers... Read More »
Someday, doing laundry may be as simple as leaving your smelly socks out in the sun. Researchers at China’s Hubei University for Nationalities have created... Read More »
A new topical spray increases plants’ resistance to cold temperatures. In lab tests, sprayed foliage withstood temperatures 2.2 to 9.4° Fahrenheit lower... Read More »
The surprising discovery of a new way to change thermal conductivity – a basic property generally considered fixed for any specific material – gives... Read More »
Today, Boeing and Southwest Airlines announced a firm order for 150 fuel-efficient 737 MAX airplanes. Southwest is the first airline to finalize a 737... Read More »