The Power of Plastic
Cars and computers spew a lot of heat into the atmosphere. A family of materials known as thermoelectrics can turn…
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Metallic Lattices A trio of engineering researchers—from the mechanical, materials science, and civil engineering departments—has invented a new architecture for…
Tech Tools: Dialing in a Diagnosis
Chlamydia has become one of the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States, generating an astounding 4 million…
The Quest for Metallic Glass
Five thousand years after the first metallurgists melded copper and arsenic to kick off the Bronze Age, Evan Ma, professor…
Monitoring Movement Through Sound
Children and adults hitting virtual baseballs and throwing punches at TV screens have become a common sight, thanks to video…
Who’s Calling?
The call comes into the White House switchboard and the voice on the other end of the line hisses: “The…
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Tackling Blindness A new drug-delivery strategy for vision loss, particularly effective in diabetic patients and the elderly, is closer to…
Powering the Grid
Batteries and other energy storage could ease many of the woes currently faced by our power grid, notes Dennice Gayme,…
A Difficult Ding–Made Easier
Learning a neue language can be a difficult Ding, but drei Professoren in the Department of Computer Science and the…