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How to Keep Batteries from Catching Fire? Nanotech Energy Goes with...
A Breakthrough for Robotic Prosthetics: Researchers Train A.I. to Spot Different Terrain
'Terrain Relative Navigation' to Autonomously Land Mars 2020 Rover
Design Contest Winner Jon Sumroy Shares Success Story
Onboard Separation Technology to Boost Fuel Economy
Gecko-Inspired: Researchers Find Easier Way to Mass-Produce Adhesives
Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
Researchers have developed a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen battery with a cathode that stores the energy produced by a chemical reaction in a metal-oxygen or metal-air battery....
NASA Langley Research Center developed a wind event warning technology that provides a practical early warning system (5-10 minutes) for a severe change in the wind vector. Events such as gusts, shear, microbursts,...
A 2019 Tech Briefs story demonstrated a plastic-like, flexible nanongenerator that creates electricity from falling snow.
Methane is everywhere on Earth. It’s the main ingredient in the natural gas that powers heating, cooking, and electricity. It’s also a potent greenhouse gas. The presence of methane is also interesting...
Stepper motors and stepper-based linear actuators are often selected for open-loop motion control devices and equipment. These can be found in a wide range of products and...
A high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering technique was used to measure the strong bond involving a hydrogen atom sandwiched between two oxygen atoms. This hydrogen bond is a quantum-mechanical phenomenon responsible for various properties of water, including viscosity, that...
Researchers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have developed a cryogenic isolation valve that utilizes the upstream line pressure of cryogenic fluids for actuation. Previously, the use of cryogenic fluids for actuation systems had been too difficult to control and resulted in unsafe operating...
A new method uses ultraviolet light to control the flow of fluids by encouraging particles — from plastic microbeads, to bacterial spores, to pollutants — to...
Innovators at NASA's Glenn Research Center have developed a new method for making small-diameter, high-grade ball bearings that are less than 0.25” in diameter thanks to the development of a new alloy...
Materials Qualification of Healthcare Products to Radiation...
Back to the Future of Video Compression
Mars 2020: The Legacy Continues for NASA Space Robotics
Linking FMEA, FMEDA, and FTA for Safety Analysis and Hardware...
Producing Optimal High-Speed Images for Automotive and Industrial...
Additive Manufacturing Moves into High-Precision Applications
Smart Sensor Technology for the IoT
Coronavirus Testing Kits Use RNA Imaging Technology
Electronic Storage and Retrieval of Engineering Documents
Protecting Signal Integrity in Industrial Environments
Executive Roundtable: 3D Printing
Virtual Airspace Hosts a Training Program for Air Traffic Managers
