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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A Simple Way to Get Complex Semiconductors to Assemble Themselves

Stacking extremely thin films of material on top of each other can create new materials with exciting new properties. But the most successful processes for building those...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Directly into the Brain: A 3D Multifunctional and Flexible Neural Interface

Although measuring the electrical activity of neurons is useful in many disciplines, making durable neural interfacing brain chip implants with negligible adverse...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Two-Dimensional Hybrid Metal Halide Device Allows Control of Terahertz Emissions

Researchers have utilized two-dimensional hybrid metal halides in a device that allows directional control of terahertz radiation generated by a spintronic...

Blog: Materials

With Enzymes, A 'Create the Future' Winner Builds Self-Destructing Plastic

The 2021 Create the Future Design Contest winner wants to build a truly recyclable bioplastic.

Blog: Propulsion

Answering Reader Questions: NASA Prepares for Return to the Moon

A NASA expert answers your questions about the upcoming Artemis mission that will send astronauts back to the Moon.

Special Reports: Propulsion

Space Technology - October 2021

A new era of space exploration is set to begin with Artemis 1, the first in a series of increasingly complex NASA missions that will take humans back to the moon and then on to Mars. Read all about it in this...

Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Ruggedized Infrared Camera

The camera was designed for use in space and other extreme environments.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Photo-Induced Emission Analysis to Identify Surface Contaminants

The instrument identifies, quantifies, and characterizes contamination, even on irregularly shaped surfaces.

Briefs: Materials

Manufacturing Technique Yields Flexible Electronics

With this advance, so-called “flextronics” move closer to reality.

Q&A: Green Design & Manufacturing

Q&A: Plastics Could See Second Life as Biodegradable Surfactants

A chemical process produces valuable biodegradable chemicals from discarded plastics.

Articles: Energy

Products of Tomorrow

Metamaterial printing, high-efficiency solar cells, and a noise-reduction material.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Radio Signals Image Hidden and Speeding Objects

This method could help firefighters find victims inside buildings and could track hypersonic objects such as missiles and space debris.

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Graphene-Based Photonics Devices for Remote Sensing

Growing large-area graphene on optical substrates enables use in photonics devices.

Briefs: Energy

Glass Injection Molding

The process produces rapid, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly material.

NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Metallic Glass Gears Up for Cobots, Coatings, and More

A bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D-printed metals.

UpFront: Unmanned Systems

UpFront: October 2021 Tech Briefs

NASA reveals winners of a CO2 conversion challenge.

Briefs: Software

New Variables for Iterative Transform Phase Retrieval

This approach provides a more general framework for performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) calculations.

Briefs: Weapons Systems

High-Resolution, Continuous Field-of-View, Non-Rotating Imaging System

Applications include planetary exploration and imaging systems used in surveillance, navigation, and target recognition.

Briefs: Aerospace

Air Traffic Simulation Tool

This evaluation tool for low-altitude air traffic operations can be used by the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry.

Facility Focus: Aerospace

Facility Focus: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering

Today, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering performs research in robotics, cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy, and other topics.

Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing

Microbe Turns Waste into Industrial Chemical

The method could be applied to carbon waste streams.

Application Briefs: Data Acquisition

Technologies Increase Safety of Astronauts to the Moon

As the U.S. lands a craft on the Moon for the first time since 1972, technology built by Louisiana State University students will report back from the lunar surface.