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The paper-like material could be useful in soft robots, sensors, artificial muscles, and electric generators.
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This could reduce the environmental impact of styrene manufacturing.
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An algorithm runs onboard a vehicle, providing important real-time data to aid in steering the craft.
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Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain.
Briefs: Aerospace
The new hinge is the key to get loadbearing, large quadrotors to climb a few dozen feet in seconds.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The sensors could be used in medical applications such as neuroscience and metabolism processes.
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This technique has applications in strain, temperature, pressure, vibration, and acoustic sensing.
Briefs: Materials
This method increases burn rate of solid propellants.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology provides drones sufficient time and distance to react, avoid wires, and navigate follow-on maneuvers.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The miniaturized detector mimics the process dogs use to detect cancer and other diseases by smell.
Briefs: Aerospace
The proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This invention achieves sustainable freshwater production in a variety of climates at minimal energy cost.
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Flea-sized, hollow blocks can be filled with materials that improve healing.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include monitoring of earthquakes and tsunamis as well as manmade infrasonic sources such as boats.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
A new method could jump-start the creation of tiny medical devices for the body.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Programmed magnetic nanobeads are used to detect the virus in 55 minutes or less.
Briefs: Power
Thrusters based on magnetic reconnection could complete long-distance missions in a shorter period of time.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The portable lab-on-a-chip detects many contaminants in water supplies.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
Autonomous quadcopters can be trained using simulations to increase their speed, agility, and efficiency.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This model can be used to design better aircraft without having to wait months for supercomputer calculations.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential applications include parachutes, hot air balloons, weather balloons, blimps, sails, and parasails.
Briefs: Materials
The structures’ small size and porosity make them well-suited for building components such as replacement joints.
Briefs: Materials
Synthetic materials can mimic how living organisms expand and contract soft tissues, achieving complex 3D movements and functions.
Briefs: Materials
Bioinspired cellulose nanofibrils can be controlled by electricity.
Briefs: Energy
This technology provides highly efficient grid-scale electricity storage at a fifth of the cost of current storage technologies.
Briefs: Transportation
The cathodes could enhance energy density of next-generation Li-ion batteries.
Briefs: Energy
The alloy could influence the way energy storage devices are designed and manufactured.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Emerging robotics technology may lead to better buildings in less time.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
These robots could perform basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses.
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