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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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- newCracking the code of hypersonic flight: A decade of experiments maps turbulent physics of ultra-fast travel
From the heartbreak of an early flight failure to a resounding triumph over the Norwegian Sea, the Boundary Layer Transition and Turbulence (BOLT) Program spent nearly a decade launching rockets into the atmosphere, to investigate boundary layer tran…
- 14 hours ago 12 May 26, 9:00pm - - newAI-assisted scans aim to catch ceramic defects earlier in production
At Sandia National Laboratories, a new inspection workflow is taking shape that could help catch tiny defects earlier in the manufacturing process for ceramic components.
- 14 hours ago 12 May 26, 8:40pm - - newNew reactor design produces renewable methane from carbon dioxide
An international team led by Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment Director Bruce Logan has developed a new reactor design that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane—the primary component of natur…
- 15 hours ago 12 May 26, 8:20pm - - newOperational test demonstrates 100% electric furnace for ceramic frit melting, on its way to 1,500°C
CIRCE—the Technology Center has coordinated the design and construction of an electric furnace for ceramic frit melting that has successfully completed its first operational tests. This milestone is the result of the joint work of several eLITHE pa…
- 15 hours ago 12 May 26, 7:40pm - - newAI model could speed up and improve infrastructure crack detection
Every year, the spring freeze-thaw cycle leads to significant structural damage to critical infrastructure. Visible cracks in roads, bridges and buildings are the first signs and, if left undetected, can present serious dangers to the public.
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