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INSIDER: 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: Green Design & Manufacturing

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: Aerospace

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: Electronics & Computers

Ruggedized Infrared Camera

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

Briefs: Aerospace

Photo-Induced Emission Analysis to Identify Surface Contaminants

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

Briefs: Energy

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: Aerospace

Products of Tomorrow

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

Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics

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: Electronics & Computers

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: Test & Measurement

New Variables for Iterative Transform Phase Retrieval

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

Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs

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: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Microbe Turns Waste into Industrial Chemical

The method could be applied to carbon waste streams.

Application Briefs: Aerospace

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.