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- How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything
A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects -- including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shape…
- 29 Jul 22, 2:24pm - - A 'nano-robot' built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes
Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the naked eye... You would be forgiven for thinking it is science fiction, but it is in fact the subject of serious research. This highly innovative 'nano-robot' sho…
- 28 Jul 22, 11:59am - - Programming pH
Researchers have developed a technique to control pH at the local level, creating a dense array of microsites where the amount of protons is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average in the rest of the solution.
- 27 Jul 22, 6:14pm - - New catalyst leads to more efficient butadiene production
Researchers have developed a new catalyst that improves the efficiency of converting butane, a component of natural gas, into butadiene -- a widely-used building block in synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics.
- 27 Jul 22, 6:13pm - - Breakthrough quantum algorithm
Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM q…
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- newImproved magnetocaloric heat pump paves the way for more sustainable cooling and heating technology
A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory developed a magnetocaloric heat pump that matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost, and performance.
- 16 hours ago 5 Dec 24, 9:30pm - - newTowards a smoother ride: Researchers measure the vibrations that make city buses uncomfortable
Anyone who has ever ridden a city bus knows that it can be a bumpy ride. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has measured just how bumpy it is, potentially paving the way for more comfortable public transport.
- 20 hours ago 5 Dec 24, 5:06pm - - newNASA flips efficient wing concept for testing
Upside down can be right side up. That's what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency's answer to making future aircraft sustainable.
- 21 hours ago 5 Dec 24, 3:51pm - - newRoboticists develop a bird-like robot that can jump into the air to launch itself into flight
A team of roboticists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, working with a colleague from the University of California, has designed, built and demonstrated a bird-like robot that can launch itself into flight using spring-like legs.
- 21 hours ago 5 Dec 24, 3:51pm - - newImproving safety in the open air: Researchers evaluate lightning risk in real time
Thunderstorms and working outdoors are bad companions. As it is not possible to predict when and where the next lightning discharge will strike, all activities in working areas with high exposure to lightning, such as on the apron of an airport, are…
- 22 hours ago 5 Dec 24, 2:53pm -