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Fingerprints' Moisture-Regulating Mechanism Strengthens Human Touch

Nov. 30, 2020 — Human fingerprints have a self-regulating moisture mechanism that not only helps us to avoid dropping our smartphone, but could help scientists to develop better prosthetic ...

Engineers Combine Light and Sound to See Underwater

Nov. 30, 2020 — Engineers have developed an airborne method for imaging underwater objects by combining light and sound to break through the seemingly impassable barrier at the interface of air and ...

Ultrathin Spray-Applied MXene Antennas Are Ready for 5G

Nov. 30, 2020 — New antennas so thin that they can be sprayed into place are also robust enough to provide a strong signal at bandwidths that will be used by fifth-generation (5G) mobile devices. Performance results ...

Computer-Aided Creativity in Robot Design

Nov. 30, 2020 — RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms ...

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New Method Sees Fibers in 3D, Uses It to Estimate Conductivity

Dec. 1, 2020 — Designing a vehicle that can drive away the heat that is generated around it when traveling at hypersonic speeds requires an understanding of the thermal properties of the materials used to construct ...

Collision Models Impact the Future of Energy

Dec. 1, 2020 — A new database of electron-molecule reactions is a major step forward in making nuclear fusion power a reality, by allowing researchers to accurately model plasmas containing molecular ...

Recycled Concrete Could Be a Sustainable Way to Keep Rubble out of Landfill

Nov. 30, 2020 — Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete. Researchers conducted side-by-side comparisons of ...

Math Enables Custom Arrangements of Liquid 'Nesting Dolls'

Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers have developed a new way to examine, predict and engineer interactions between multiple liquid phases, including arrangements of mixtures with an arbitrary number of separated ...

A Route for Avoiding Defects During Additive Manufacturing

Nov. 27, 2020 — Research reveals how pores form during metals additive manufacturing and become defects trapped in solidifying metal. The practical value of this research is that it can inform industry on how to ...

CRISPRi Screens Reveal Sources of Metabolic Robustness in E. Coli

Nov. 24, 2020 — Metabolic robustness, the ability of a metabolic system to buffer changes in its environment, is not always a welcome feature for microbiologists: it interferes with metabolic engineering or prevents ...

More Skin-Like, Electronic Skin That Can Feel

Nov. 24, 2020 — A research team has developed a multimodal ion-electronic skin that distinguishes temperature from mechanical stimuli. This skin can detect various movements and is applicable in fields including ...

AI System Discovers Useful New Material

Nov. 24, 2020 — When the words 'artificial intelligence' (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing any help from humans. Now, a ...

Supersized Wind Turbines Generate Clean Energy--and Surprising Physics

Nov. 23, 2020 — As wind energy scales up, researchers study the fluid dynamics ...

Optimizing Complex Modeling Processes Through Machine Learning Technologies

Nov. 23, 2020 — Engineering a spaceship is as difficult as it sounds. Modeling plays a large role in the time and effort it takes to create spaceships and other complex engineering systems. It requires extensive ...