The “map,” or the phonon stability boundary, is a graphical representation that plots the stability regions of a crystal as a function of strain. This map helps scientists and engineers…
Tag: Engineering
Paving new paths for sustainable construction
Formation of carbonate minerals in the pores and bulk matrix of the developed 3D printable material during carbon sequestration. The crystals are 3–5 micrometers in size and thus densify the…
Building energy management platform uses AI and statistical methods to optimize operations
Researchers checking fault characteristics of direct current distribution for distributed energy resources. Credit: Korea Institute of Energy Research The research team led by Dr. Jeong Hak-geun at the Energy ICT…
Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells
A technician installs solar panels on the roof of the building which houses the University of Colorado Center for Innovation and Creativity in Boulder. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado The solar…
New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas
Rawan Almallahi, a doctoral graduate of chemical engineering and the study’s first author, is preparing a reactor for a performance test inside a furnace. Suljo Linic, the Martin Lewis Perl…
Self-organizing robotic aggregate design inspired by flowing and rigid behaviors of sandpiles
Red arrows represent the actuated magnets’ direction of rotation. Blue arrows represent Granulobots in the process of reconfiguration. (A) Individual Granulobot units can roll and attach magnetically into larger assemblies,…
A skating, tri-pedal robot capable of highly stable locomotion
Adam Hung and Prof. Talia Moore deploy the SKOOTR robot outdoors. Credit: Hung, Adu & Moore. Researchers at University of Michigan recently developed SKOOTR, a tri-pedal skating robot that can…
Speaking without vocal cords, thanks to a new AI-assisted wearable device
Photo of person’s neck with the device—a black adhesive square—attached outside the throat. Credit: Jun Chen Lab/UCLA People with voice disorders, including those with pathological vocal cord conditions or who…
Flexible sensors with zero Poisson’s ratio
The ZPR structure is constructed by combining concave structures (green) and hexagonal structures (purple) in elaborately designed position, while strain concentration structure (orange) is embedded in the middle of hexagonal…
