A low-cost sticker will soon make it possible to check whether sensitive goods such as food and medicines have overheated during transport and thus become unusable. It was developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne...
Humanoid Robots Gain Artificial Tendons for Greater Strength and Mobility Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have taken a major step toward more lifelike robots by developing synthetic tendons that work in tandem with lab-grown muscles. The...
Protection from direct sunlight – skin temperature drops by up to 3.8 degrees Celsius A new textile fabric developed by researchers at the University of South Australia (https://www.unisa.edu.au/) and Zhengzhou University (http://international.zzu.edu.cn/) lowers skin...
Researchers at MIT and Boston University make ultra-thin plastic completely impermeable Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a super-thin plastic film to protect bridges and food. Rust, which corrodes iron components, and...
Data centres form the backbone of the digital economy. Every day, they process, store and transmit highly sensitive information that is indispensable for both businesses and critical infrastructures. Given this central role, data centre operators are subject to high...
Safety lighting systems are very important for personal safety in buildings. In order to ensure that emergency lighting functions properly when needed, regular inspections of the system by qualified persons are required by law and standards. Any defects found must be...
Dominik Laa (co-first author), Katharina Ehrmann (PI), Michael Göschl (co-first author) (Photo: tuwien.at) Vienna University of Technology: Variable 3D printing produces materials with complex structures A team of researchers led by Katharina Ehrmann from Vienna...
The latest ADAC test on high-visibility vests has yielded alarming results: 60 per cent of the models tested barely fulfil their purpose, if at all, and all of the failures come from the low-cost segment of the internet. This shows once again that the supposedly...
Potential for security technology through nano-SQUID-on-tip sensors A team from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechovot has used a novel superconducting quantum sensor to visualise previously unknown magnetisation textures in rhombohedral graphene. Their...
How the new high-tech pinhole camera works (illustration: Kun Huang, english.ecnu.edu.cn) Special laser from East China Normal University “burns” a tiny hole in a crystal Researchers at East China Normal University (https://english.ecnu.edu.cn/ ) led by Heping Zeng...
