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Hummingbirds Fitted with Tiny Backpacks for Research
Alyssa Sargent, a doctoral student in biology at the University of Washington, is pushing the boundaries of hummingbird tracking with...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 173 min read


Do Gravity Batteries Scale to Household Size?
There comes a time in every engineer’s career when all options have been exhausted, and the project must end. Sometimes things just don’t...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 113 min read


A Deep Dive into the Future of Sargassum Innovation
A team of researchers led by Princeton University with funding from Schmidt Sciences has embarked on an ambitious project to transform...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 103 min read


Harvesting Water from the Air
A new water harvesting system, designed by a team at The Ohio State University, captures water directly from the air, much like a...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 183 min read


Novel Carbon Capture Tech Makes Case for More Wind Turbines
As global emissions continue to rise, the world’s top scientists and engineers are working on ways to counteract warming and prevent the...
Cassie Kelly
Nov 12, 20243 min read


Reverse Electrolysis Controls Underwater Robot’s Buoyancy
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are ideal for unmanned missions to the deep sea, military operations, and marine research. However,...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 26, 20243 min read


Retractable Device Could Make Vehicle Camouflage Easier
While in combat, soldiers take every precaution to conceal themselves and their vehicles from the enemy. Currently, Army troops use...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 13, 20243 min read


Pint-sized Power Conversion with Piezoelectrics
Many of the microsystems we use every day, embedded in everything from smartphones to automobiles, need power converters to shift...
Cassie Kelly
Jun 24, 20243 min read


Machine Learning Finds Defects in Wind Turbine Blades
Wind turbines can be difficult to maintain, especially offshore. Getting out to sea to inspect the turbines is a dangerous and...
Cassie Kelly
May 14, 20243 min read


Engineers Spot Polar Bear Dens Via Radar
Winter is a critical time for polar bears. In their dens, mothers nurse young cubs, and if they are disturbed, the mother and the cubs...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 5, 20243 min read


Snail-Inspired Robot Sucks up Floating Microplastics
Bio-inspired engineering—taking lessons from nature and applying them to new technology—has accelerated and innovated designs that would...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 22, 20243 min read


Sensor Determines Produce Ripeness Instantly
Imagine using your phone at the grocery store to determine which fruits and vegetables you’d like to purchase based off of their...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 16, 20244 min read


Image Capturing Device Mimics the Human Eye
Common photodetectors used in cameras, like the ones on smart phones, cannot distinguish color. Instead, once the photo is captured, the...
Cassie Kelly
Jul 23, 20233 min read


Exoskeleton Boot Improves Walking Speed, Offers New Hope for Those With Mobility Challenges
Predicting what a person needs from an assistive device is complicated, and varying preferences for control and comfort have made it...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 19, 20234 min read


Novel Heat Treatment to Unlock High-Temperature, 3D-Printed Components
Utilizing 3D printing to construct high-temperature components like gas turbine blades and vanes would save manufacturers precious time...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 10, 20233 min read


Students and Industry Push for Undergraduate Robotics Programming
For more than a decade now, Alec Gallimore, Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan, has witnessed the field of robotics grow...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 30, 20224 min read


Soaring through the Martian Atmosphere
Rovers and oribital missions have done wonders to improve our understanding of the surface of Mars, but it’s time for scientists to try...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 23, 20224 min read


Swarming Robots May One Day Explore Europa
Planetary scientists have their sights set on Jupiter’s moon Europa. It’s about the size of Earth’s moon, but is covered in a thick layer...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 22, 20224 min read


Wearable Muscles Work with Users to Restore Mobility
Robotic “exoskeleton” technology has greatly advanced in recent years, restoring mobility and functionality to those who’ve lost it. But...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 4, 20223 min read


Treating Pain without Drugs: Implantable Device Cools Nerves
With the ongoing concerns of the addictive nature of opiates and dangerous risks of other pain medications, many medical practioners are...
Cassie Kelly
Jul 26, 20223 min read
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