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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method of producing clean syngas could be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to gasoline.
Briefs: Materials
This method can be used to protect stored building materials and to remediate in-service wood and wood products.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This green process produces pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic, and other materials.
Briefs: Materials
A novel plate-cell architecture reaches the theoretical limit of performance.
Briefs: Energy
These composites could improve how unmanned vehicles dissipate energy.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology supports CO2 emissions reduction in cement manufacturing.
Briefs: Wearables
The rainproof, stainproof technology turns clothing into self-powered remotes while turning away bacteria.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Inspired by the octopus, the structure senses, computes, and responds without any centralized processing.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A new method could enable vehicles and equipment to better withstand high temperatures, loads, and speeds.
Briefs: Materials
Next-generation devices made with a “peel and stack” method could include electronic chips worn on the skin.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This method uses fiber optic probes for measurement of semiconductors, optical coatings, magnetic read/write heads, and precision machines.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
The material consists solely of components that have already been shown to work well in the body.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A ceramic sensor could be embedded into structures such as bridges and aircraft to monitor their health.
Briefs: Lighting
The AI system can help shorten the time required for 2D material-based electronics to be ready for consumer devices.
Briefs: Wearables
This on-skin electronic device provides a personal air conditioner without electricity.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material combines two polymers with different properties.
Briefs: Materials
The material could enable applications such as antennas that change frequencies on the fly or gripper arms for delicate or heavy objects.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A liquid crystal elastomer can be programmed to exhibit controllable, dynamic behavior without the need for complex electronic components.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The domino effect is used to design deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment.
Briefs: Aerospace
This new design could conserve energy used for defrosting airplanes, appliances, and more.
Briefs: Materials
It can be used both in small, portable devices for field inspections and in very large detectors that use arrays of crystals.
Briefs: Medical
This gel releases short gene sequences into the heart muscle to heal it following a heart attack.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The domino effect is used to design deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing Method for Sub-Microscale Three-Dimensional Structures
Applications include MEMS, microlattice fabrication, and other sub-microscale 3D structures with a broad range of materials.
Briefs: Transportation
The coating could make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long-lasting for the next generation of electric vehicles.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objects.
Briefs: Materials
The new body armor can safeguard against even more powerful firearms during combat.
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