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03/06/2020 / By Franz Walker

“Pantry” science: MIT researchers grow carbon nanotubes using common kitchen ingredients

When the subject of carbon nanotubes is brought up, most people probably won’t think of something that can be cooked up in a kitchen. However, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have done just that – creating carbon nanotubes with the help of common household materials. Led by Richard Li, a graduate student in […]

03/03/2020 / By Franz Walker

This physicist built towers and pyramids using NOTHING but tennis balls – how did he do it?

A popular party trick, the house of cards, refers to a person taking out some playing cards, and stacking them together to make a free standing house or tower. Now, a physicist from the Ilia State University in the former Soviet republic of Georgia has demonstrated something similar, but with tennis balls. Building a tower out of playing cards is […]

02/09/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Updating fluid-powered machines: Scientists design bizarre-looking lionfish powered by a blood-like compound

You’ve heard of robots that can run, lift, jump and crawl. Now, prepare to see one that can bleed. In a paper published in the scientific journal Nature, a joint team of researchers from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania detailed how they built a soft robotic lionfish, complete with a multi-functional circulatory system. […]

02/07/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Engineers develop robot gripping arm that “tastes” using bacteria

Much like how octopuses and squids use their tentacles, a new biohybrid robot developed by a joint team of researchers uses its fingers to “taste” the world around it. Created by a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the biohybrid robot uses a bioengineered strain […]

11/19/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers are “storing” energy using eggshells with new conductive material

The spent shells of chicken eggs might go from unwanted biowaste to a cheap, renewable, and valuable alternative material to metals in lithium-ion batteries. A German-led study reports that powdered chicken eggshells successfully store large amounts of electrical energy. Led by researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the international team tested eggshells as a […]

11/15/2019 / By Edsel Cook

High-intensity sound waves and lasers: How does the loudest underwater sound ever affect materials and biological samples?

What would you do if you had access to one of the most powerful lasers in the world? Stanford researchers used the said high-output device to create one of the loudest sounds possible underwater. They wanted to know the effects of that sound on both materials and biological organisms. Sound is more than meets the […]

10/19/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers successfully generate electricity from “the coldness of the universe”: New technology could complement alternative energy sources like solar power

You’ve heard of all the ways to convert light or wind or heat into usable electricity. But have you ever thought that the coldness of the universe might serve as an alternative source of clean and renewable power? Most energy production systems get their power from somewhere. Solar panels collect light while wind turbines rely […]

09/30/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Who needs stitches? Unique “slug glue” could be used to make better medical adhesives

The trail of slime left by slugs in the garden might eventually help patch up wounds. Researchers found that the “mucus” produced by a prevalent species of European slug possessed potential as a natural glue to close wounds, prevent infection, and reduce the risk of scars in humans. The slug species in question is the […]

09/02/2019 / By Edsel Cook

New camera boasts frame rate of 10 trillion fps, captures light as it travels

If you ever wanted to see what light looks like as it travels through air, you would need the femtosecond streak camera developed by California-based researchers. The fastest optical instrument in the world, it snaps a staggering 10 trillion frames per second. Developed by researchers from the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) and the […]

09/01/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Wigner’s friend is about to get REAL: Experiment hints at potential of “multiple realities”

If he were alive today, the famous researcher Eugene Wigner would probably be delighted to know that his “friend in another reality” turned out to be real. A recently published Austrian study proved the possibility of his theory by showing that two realities might exist simultaneously on the quantum level. Supported by the University of […]

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