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Taking lithium-ion batteries to new extremes

08.10.2018 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) perform best when the temperature range is just right—that is, neither too hot nor too cold. But this is a huge limiting factor when it comes to using LIBs in electric…

Taking lithium-ion batteries to new extremes

New bio-inspired dynamic materials transform themselves

05.10.2018 | Northwestern University | www.northwestern.edu

Scientists have been searching for ways to develop materials that are as dynamic as living things, with the ability to change shape, move and change properties reversibly.

New bio-inspired dynamic materials transform themselves

New Electric Car Charger is More Efficient, 10 Times Smaller Than Current Tech

03.10.2018 | North Carolina State University | www.ncsu.edu

Researchers at North Carolina State University have built an electric vehicle fast charger that is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and wastes 60 percent less power during the charging…

New Electric Car Charger is More Efficient, 10 Times Smaller Than Current Tech

Researchers print module six times bigger than previous largest

02.10.2018 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

A perovskite solar module the size of an A4 sheet of paper, which is nearly six times bigger than 10x10 cm2 modules of that type reported before, has been developed by Swansea University researchers,…

Researchers print module six times bigger than previous largest

Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings

28.09.2018 | Columbia Engineering | engineering.columbia.edu

With temperatures rising and heat-waves disrupting lives around the world, cooling solutions are becoming ever more essential. This is a critical issue especially in developing countries, where…

Self-folding metamaterial

26.09.2018 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

The more complex the object, the harder it is to fold up. Space satellites often need many small motors to fold up an instrument, and people have difficulty simply folding up a roadmap. Physicists…

German carmakers join race against Tesla

24.09.2018 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

After years watching Tesla's electric cars speed ahead while they have been on the defensive over an industry-wide diesel emissions scandal, German high-end manufacturers have finally unveiled their…

German carmakers join race against Tesla

A rapid nano-filter for clean water

21.09.2018 | RMIT University | www.rmit.edu.au

Researchers have designed a rapid nano-filter that can clean dirty water over 100 times faster than current technology.

A tailless aerial robotic flapper reveals that flies use torque coupling in rapid banked turns

20.09.2018 | Science | science.sciencemag.org

Insect flight can be fast and agile, making it hard to study its detailed aerodynamics. Karásek et al. designed an untethered, flapping-wing robot with impressive agility that can mimic fruitfly…

A tailless aerial robotic flapper reveals that flies use torque coupling in rapid banked turns

Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once

18.09.2018 | MIT | www.mit.edu

MIT computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image. Given an image and an audio caption, the model will…

Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once

Colourful illumination of a bridge in Zutphen entrusted to Tecomat Foxtrot

14.09.2018 | Ing. Jaromír Klaban | Teco a. s. | www.tecomat.com

The original bridge over the IJssel River has become a part of a huge reconstruction project of the waterfront in Zutphen, the Netherlands. The reconstruction turned the waterfront into a form of a…

Colourful illumination of a bridge in Zutphen entrusted to Tecomat Foxtrot

SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon

14.09.2018 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the Moon using its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a massive launch vehicle that is being designed to carry people into deep space.

SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon

UBC breakthrough opens door to $100 ultrasound machine

12.09.2018 | University of British Columbia | www.ubc.ca

Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new ultrasound transducer, or probe, that could dramatically lower the cost of ultrasound scanners to as little as $100. Their patent…

UBC breakthrough opens door to $100 ultrasound machine

SCRIM: An innovative method for 3-D concrete printing

11.09.2018 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

Researchers at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at the Danish Technological Institute have developed a new hybrid…

SCRIM: An innovative method for 3-D concrete printing

Study: Large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation

07.09.2018 | University of Illinois | illinois.edu

Wind and solar farms are known to have local effects on heat, humidity and other factors that may be beneficial – or detrimental – to the regions in which they are situated. A new climate-modeling…

Study: Large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation

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Taking lithium-ion batteries to new extremes

New bio-inspired dynamic materials transform themselves

New Electric Car Charger is More Efficient, 10 Times Smaller Than Current Tech

Researchers print module six times bigger than previous largest

Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings

Self-folding metamaterial

German carmakers join race against Tesla

A rapid nano-filter for clean water

A tailless aerial robotic flapper reveals that flies use torque coupling in rapid banked turns

Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once

Colourful illumination of a bridge in Zutphen entrusted to Tecomat Foxtrot

SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon

UBC breakthrough opens door to $100 ultrasound machine

SCRIM: An innovative method for 3-D concrete printing

Study: Large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation