Drexel University unveils BioFiber Technology for Self-Healing Structures In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete. Fiber reinforcem...
Jordan’s innovative Solar Towers could herald Clean Energy In the quest for sustainable energy solutions, an extraordinary breakthrough emerges from the deserts of the Middle East. Researchers from Jordan’s Al Hussein Technical University and Qatar University have unveiled a pioneering desig...
Studying Collective Phenomena in Fractured Rocks For many decades, the rock mechanics community has tacitly assumed that a rock mass can be equated to the sum of fractures and intact rocks. Accordingly, it is believed that the behaviour of a rock mass can be understood by decomposing it into smaller pie...
Remove toxic Forever Chemicals from groundwater with Ultrasound New research suggests that ultrasound may have potential in treating a group of harmful chemicals known as PFAS to eliminate them from contaminated groundwater. Invented nearly a century ago, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, also kno...
New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings The summer of 2023 was by far the hottest in history. People were seeking solace in air-conditioned spaces or donning cooling attire. Here’s some food for thought: Can buildings also be outfitted with similar cooling solutions? Led by Profess...
New adsorbent technology simplifies Air Purification of Toxic Gases Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in daily products such as paints, adhesives, furniture, cosmetics, and deodorants make our lives easier. However, constant exposure can cause serious health problems such as respiratory illness, headach...
Sunlight could transform wastewater into valuable chemicals Researchers led by Prof. GAO Xiang from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. LU Lu from the Harbin Institute of Technology have proposed a novel method to transform wastewater contami...
AI on edge devices will develop real-world deep learning over time Personalized deep-learning models can enable artificial intelligence chatbots that adapt to understand a user’s accent or smart keyboards that continuously update to better predict the next word based on someone’s typing history. This cu...
China leaps towards sustainable future with Gravity Energy Storage In a landmark move, Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. has revealed that China Tianying Inc. will be deploying five new EVx™ gravity energy storage systems under the terms of a licensing and royalty agreement with Atlas Renewable. This s...
Robots revolutionise Electrochemistry Research In a significant stride towards revolutionizing electrochemical research, a team at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has introduced the ‘Electrolab,’ an autonomous robot poised to redefine the landscape of energy storage...
Nanocellulose-based Aerogel Film could keep buildings cooler The global demand for cooling energy has seen a surge in the 21st century. Notably, the use of air conditioners and electric fans accounts for nearly 20% of a building’s overall electricity consumption. Exploring eco-friendly and sustain...
MIT finds that light can make water evaporate without heat Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our bodies to the dew burning off in the morning sun. But science’s understanding of this ubiquitous process may have been missing a piece all this time. In recent years...
Revolutionary Powder Engineering tech adds AI to the mix Imagine a world without powders. It may sound exaggerated, but our daily lives are intricately connected to powders in various ways from foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics to batteries, ceramics, etc. In all these industries, powder mixing is an im...
New computational methods fingerprints Polymer motions under flow Polymers are large molecules that are made by linking a series of identical building blocks. They are attractive for manufacturing because they are inexpensive and easy to process and modify. To expand polymers’ applications and improve t...
MIT develops process to turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel The search is on worldwide to find ways to extract carbon dioxide from the air or from power plant exhaust and then make it into something useful. One of the more promising ideas is to make it into a stable fuel that can replace fossil fuels ...
New technology increases Hardness and Wear Properties of Titanium Scientists have suggested the technology that increases hardness and wear properties of titanium products. With the help of plasma electrolysis authors of the work have formed on the surface of the material rough oxide coating, and under...
Scientists working to evolve recycling of mixed plastics Little of the mixed consumer plastics thrown away or placed in recycle bins actually ends up being recycled. Nearly 90% is buried in landfills or incinerated at commercial facilities that generate greenhouse gases and airborne toxins. Neither outc...
Researchers create Smart Materials for Wearable Technology Fitness trackers, smartwatches and other wearable devices are popular ways to monitor and manage personal health. Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are helping advance that technology by developing soft and stretchable electroni...
KMOU Scientists pave way for Wireless Energy Transfer and optimized IoT Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)-aided nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, used for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs), suffers from significant energy loss with transmiss...
High-resolution Computer Vision improved by AI The system could improve image quality in video streaming or help autonomous vehicles identify road hazards in real-time. An autonomous vehicle must rapidly and accurately recognize objects that it encounters, from an idling delivery truck parked at the cor...
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