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Briefs: Energy
A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The system is effective in urban environments where there are tall buildings on all sides.
Briefs: Energy
An environmentally friendly method upcycles carbon dioxide emissions into polymers and other materials.
Briefs: Software
Open source microcontroller technologies in industrially hardened form factors address critical applications.
5 Ws: Green Design & Manufacturing
Would you take a walk in biodegradable flip-flops?
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
Dr. James Rees is spending the time in his lab testing sensors made from bacteria.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This device could be used to find threats to ecosystems.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Bacteria-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater
Beads that contain bacteria and a slow-release food supply to sustain them can clean up contaminated groundwater for months on end, maintenance-free.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
These sensors monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Organic Lithium-Powered Batteries
These batteries are more environmentally friendly while retaining performance, stability, and storage capacity.
Briefs: Materials
This highly porous sponge absorbs more than 30 times its weight in oil and can be reused up to several dozen times.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yields.
Briefs: Energy
The technology could lead to production of fuels, building materials, and other products in a carbon-neutral way.
Briefs: Energy
A new design enables artificial photosynthesis to generate fuel that can power homes and vehicles.
Briefs: Aerospace
Applications exist both on Mars and on Earth.
Blog: Energy
"Who knows? Maybe one day we will have roofs covered with humidity panels together with solar panels," TAU professor Colin Price told Tech Briefs.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Find the right pressure sensors for your sterilization applications.
Briefs: Energy
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: Materials
This green process produces pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic, and other materials.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology supports CO2 emissions reduction in cement manufacturing.
Q&A: Materials
A new process will reduce the cost of manufacturing graphene by a factor of more than 100.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
The NASA study is a first step in developing a model to deploy in future disasters.
Briefs: Power
The additive creates fuel from biomass while improving engine performance.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This robot “blood” stores energy, transmits force, operates appendages, and provides structure, all in an integrated design.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This controller minimizes the burden on the power grid.
Question of the Week: Green Design & Manufacturing
Do you Like the Idea of Fungi-Inspired Design?
Our lead INSIDER story today demonstrated the potential of fungi as a building material. Aside from supporting theoretical space habitats, fungal mycelia have been used to create actual chairs and 2x4 structures. What do you think? Do you Like the Idea of Fungi-Inspired Design?
Blog: Aerospace
When astronauts arrive on the Moon, their habitat may be one made out of fungi.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
Blog: Power
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
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