Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots
In recent years engineers have been developing new technologies to enable robots and humans to move faster and jump higher. Soft, elastic materials store energy in these devices, which, if released...
View Article3-D printing technologies transport students to ancient greece
The use of 3-D printing technologies in Victoria University of Wellington's Classics Museum has students using ancient Greek artefacts the way they were intended—from interacting with 3-D printed...
View ArticleSoftware helps industry to design lighter, more efficient parts
Computer-aided engineering (CAE) systems help manufacturers to design parts with the ideal topology (inner and outer shape and structure) to withstand the conditions under which they will operate, such...
View ArticleLearning new tricks from sea sponges, nature's most unlikely civil engineers
Imagine a future in which buildings tower miles over the streets below, tourists take day trips to the edge of our atmosphere, and multiple space stations can be spotted drifting across the night sky....
View ArticleResearchers study synthetic protein cages
A multidisciplinary team of mathematicians, theoretical physicists, chemists and biochemists from the University of Bristol came together to study the self-assembly of protein building into protein...
View ArticleNew devices to control X-rays are less expensive, faster to make
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a less expensive and more efficient way of controlling x-ray beams used to study the intricate details...
View ArticleHoping to be seen as powerful, consumers prefer wider faces on watches, cars,...
People are typically averse to wider human faces because they elicit fears of being dominated. However, consumers might like wider faces on some products they buy, such as watches or cars, when they...
View ArticleStudent transforms cow manure into household furniture
A university student has gone from stool to stools after transforming cow manure into a range of designer household furniture.
View ArticleIn a high-tech world, car designers still rely on clay
Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's oldest materials: clay.
View ArticleEngineers develop key mathematical formula for driving quantum experiments
Since he was a graduate student, Washington University in St. Louis systems engineer Jr-Shin Li has provided specific mathematical information to experimentalists and clinicians who need it to perform...
View ArticleSix rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of 'unprecedented' weather...
Before Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Aug. 25, there was little doubt that its impact would be devastating and wide-ranging.
View ArticleDAAP grad puts 'design doing' into action with new sports lighting system
On May 24, 1935, Cincinnati's Crosley Field illuminated for professional baseball's first night game. University of Cincinnati alum Earl Payne, Eng. '26, helped design that revolutionary lighting...
View ArticleResearchers design the building blocks of synthetic muscle using...
Each time you flex your bicep, millions of molecular motors work together in a complex process inside your muscle. These motors—called myosin—are chemically-powered proteins. Combinations of them...
View ArticleInside Job: He helps people secure their passwords with Keeper
What's it really like to work at Chicago startups and tech companies? Blue Sky's Inside Job lets people on the ground tell us in their own words.
View ArticleLighter weights, lower costs in additive manufacturing
It's never long before the most advanced technology needs its own innovations. Additive manufacturing, the gold standard for innovative industry production, has reached that point. With its use...
View ArticleHow Teotihuacan's urban design was lost and found
Name one civilization located in the Americas that pre-dates the arrival of Europeans. You probably replied with the Aztecs, the Inca or perhaps the Maya. A new paper, published in De Gruyter's open...
View ArticleImage: X-plane preliminary design model tests quiet supersonic technology
Samantha O'Flaherty, Test Engineer for Jacobs Technology Inc., finalizes the set-up of the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) Preliminary Design Model inside the 14- by- 22 Foot Subsonic Tunnel at...
View ArticleMini-protein rapid design method opens way to create a new class of drugs
Scientists have created a high-speed method to generate thousands of different, small, stable proteins from scratch that can be custom-designed to bind to specific therapeutic targets.
View ArticleTurbocharging engine design
For scientists and engineers, the process of improving the performance of engines and fuels feels a bit like driving on a one-lane highway. They must often develop and test their designs and prototypes...
View ArticleAsymmetric sound absorption lets in the light
If you've ever lived in an apartment building or stayed in a hotel room, you are probably familiar with the inconvenience of inadequate sound absorption. Acoustic absorption refers to the absorption of...
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