The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.

Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.

This plant-based material can be manufactured using water as a solvent instead of other harmful solvents.

Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.

Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.

This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.

This microrobot with soft actuators can crash, fall, and collide without being damaged.

The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. Scientists and politicians have recognized the...

A highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode can convert low-power 100 nanowatt microwaves into usable electricity. The newly developed diode...

Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and...

Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.

This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.

The nanogenerator also acts as a weather station.

A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As reported,...

In recent decades, NSF-funded researchers have discovered quite a bit, including many of the fundamental particles of matter.

Battelle's simple, cost-effective sensor detects the onset of battery faults.

By mimicking the outer coating of pearls (nacre or mother of pearl), researchers created a lightweight plastic that is 14 times stronger and eight times lighter (less dense) than steel. It could...

A method was developed to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. Electronically active 2D materials, touted for their strength, are difficult to move to...

Systems such as magnetic data storage devices and MRI body scan machines rely on magnets made from solid materials. Now, using a modified 3D printer, scientists have made magnetic devices from...

Excess heat given off by smartphones, laptops, and other electronic devices contributes to malfunctions and, in extreme cases, can even cause lithium batteries to explode. To guard...

An advanced manufacturing process was developed to produce nano-structured rods and tubes directly from high-performance aluminum alloy powder in a single step. Using a Solid Phase Processing...

For decades, microchip transistors have become smaller, faster, and cheaper; however, miniaturization has reached a natural limit, as completely new problems arise when a length scale of only a...

The characteristics of hybrid drives present a practical solution when a position needs to be detected with high precision