Last update:
Engineering news
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia's proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias
There is a long history of planned city building by both governments and the private sector from Brasilia to Islamabad.
Business
4 hours ago
0
6
Engineers create a caterpillar-shaped robot that splits into segments, reassembles, hauls and crawls
Engineers at Princeton and North Carolina State University have combined ancient paper-folding and modern materials science to create a soft robot that bends and twists through mazes with ease.
Robotics
4 hours ago
0
0
Additive manufacturing could turn the tides for marine energy technologies
Milk and cookies. Peanut butter and jelly. Macaroni and cheese. All delightfully perfect pairs. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered another promising pair: marine energy and additive ...
Engineering
5 hours ago
0
3
Australia's building sector must look at its carbon budget, say experts
For decades, the construction industry has been largely driven by financial feasibility—focusing on cost optimization and return on investment.
Engineering
6 hours ago
0
3
Hundreds of cities have achieved zero road deaths in a year—here's how they did it
It's National Road Safety Week and it comes on the back of a year in which 1,286 people died on Australian roads. The rising road toll—up 8.2% for the year to March—included 62 children. Tragically, road deaths remain ...
Engineering
8 hours ago
0
3
All the right moves in martial arts: Researchers develop system to quickly identify errors and improve form
Research in the International Journal of Biometrics introduces a new method for assessing a practitioner's precision in martial arts training. The method focuses on quickly identifying errors in the athlete's movements and ...
Engineering
May 3, 2024
0
5
A laser immersion probe for smart inline monitoring of water and wastewater
A new type of laser-based immersion probe, which the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen is testing as part of projects with industrial partners and users, could pave the way for continuous inline monitoring ...
Engineering
May 2, 2024
0
7
Light, flexible, efficient: Perovskite-based tandem solar cells
Roof tiles are becoming a thing of the past: Today, more and more Swiss roofs boast large black and blue rectangles that convert sunlight into electricity. The blueish color comes from silicon crystals, as the majority of ...
Engineering
May 2, 2024
0
1
New AI tool efficiently detects asbestos in roofs so it can be removed
A team of researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has designed and tested a new system for detecting asbestos that has not yet been removed from the roofs of buildings, despite regulatory requirements.
Engineering
May 2, 2024
0
3
How green cities could remove CO₂ from the atmosphere
More than a thousand cities around the world now have "net zero" pledges: they want to emit only as much CO2 into the atmosphere as they can simultaneously recapture. An elaborate meta-study has now summarized the state of ...
Engineering
May 2, 2024
0
32
New memory transistor integrates photocrosslinker into molecular switches to adjust its threshold voltage
A research team has developed a memory transistor capable of adjusting its threshold voltage. This innovation combines two molecules that form a stable bond with a polymeric semiconductor, situated at the end of a molecular ...
Engineering
May 2, 2024
0
40
Researchers find use of olivine in cement production could result in carbon negative concrete
A small team of materials scientists and environmental engineers at Imperial College London has found that using olivine in cement could result in carbon-negative concrete. In their study, published in the journal Royal Society ...
A miniature wireless robot that can effectively move through tubular structures
Robots have already proved to be promising tools to complete complex and demanding maintenance tasks. While engineers have developed a wide range of robots that could help to maintain and repair infrastructure, many of these ...
New model estimates cultivable space at photovoltaic plants for combining agricultural and photovoltaic production
A team at the University of Cordoba has developed a methodology that defines the cultivable space between two-axis photovoltaic modules, with the aim of promoting the conversion of existing plants over to agrivoltaic production.
Engineering
Apr 30, 2024
0
11
Researchers develop improved power pole insulation materials to prevent power pole-top fires
Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts.
Engineering
Apr 30, 2024
0
33
New research reports on buckling: When structures suddenly collapse
Last summer, when the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion on its way to take passengers to see the Titanic shipwreck, it was a dramatic example of the failure of a thin-walled structure. Those structures, ...
Engineering
Apr 30, 2024
0
23
Researchers develop new 3D printing for ultra-thin multi-material tubular structures
A novel 3D printing technology developed by Beihang University researchers was able to print multi-material tubular structures with a minimum wall thickness as thin as 50 micrometers and a minimum feature size of 10 micrometers.
Engineering
Apr 30, 2024
0
17
Paper power: Origami technology makes its way into quadcopters
Over the past decade, researchers all around the world have been finding new and exciting use cases for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Commonly called "drones," UAVs have proved their worth across many fields, including ...
Robotics
Apr 30, 2024
0
47
Scientists harness the wind as a tool to move objects
Researchers have developed a technique to move objects around with a jet of wind. The new approach makes it possible to manipulate objects at a distance and could be integrated into robots to give machines ethereal fingers.
Engineering
Apr 29, 2024
0
59
NASA uses small engine to enhance sustainable jet research
Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully operational jet engine to test new technology that could make aviation more sustainable.
Engineering
Apr 29, 2024
0
1
Other news
Research team develops fast-track process for genetic improvement of plant traits
Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
Listening to giants: The search for the elusive Antarctic blue whale
A leap toward carbon neutrality: New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to methanol
Engineers solve 'catalysis vs corrosion' mystery in electrochemical ozone production
Attosecond core-level spectroscopy reveals real-time molecular dynamics
Scientists' research answers big question about our system's largest planet
Fusion record set for tungsten tokamak WEST
Turbid waters keep the coast healthy, finds study
