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Portable ‘cold plasma’ wand prototype could destroy germs in seconds
These engineers and tech execs want to create a peaceful lunar settlement
A group of Silicon Valley tech executives and engineers want to create a peaceful, multinational lunar settlement. According to Bloomberg, the San Francisco-based Open Lunar Foundation plans to invest in hardware "to accelerate the exploration and se...
MIT’s thread-like robot can slip through blood vessels in your brain
MIT engineers created a thread-like robot that can glide through the brain's blood vessels and could deliver clot-reducing drugs to treat strokes or aneurysms. The robotic thread could offer an alternative to open brain surgery, and it could be contr...
Columbia University Engineers Build Smallest Integrated Kerr Frequency Comb Generator
The hard sciences depend on certainly specialized combs that help aid various processes. These include in their purview: telecommunications, pathfinding, tests in the field of medicine and...
Columbia University Engineers Build Smallest Integrated Kerr Frequency Comb Generator
The hard sciences depend on certainly specialized combs that help aid various processes. These include in their purview: telecommunications, pathfinding, tests in the field of medicine and...
Volkswagen using quantum computers to build better EV batteries
Making high-performance batteries for electric vehicles is a complicated, time-consuming process. So much so that engineers at Volkswagen have started using a quantum computer to simulate the chemical structures like lithium-hydrogen and carbon chain...
Color-changing fibers make compression bandages easier to use
Pressure bandages are typically used to treat medical issues around veins that don't return enough blood from your legs or arms. Compression stockings, for example, can help stimulate blood flow, but there's no way to know if the pressure being appli...
MIT Engineers 3D Print World’s First Living Tattoo
Engineers at MIT have come up with a 3D printing technique that emblazons a live tattoo on any surface of the human body. The special ink cartridge used in the 3D printing process contains live cells...
Jaguar thinks the Gorillaz app is a good way to find engineers
Jaguar Land Rover has teamed up with an unlikely partner to recruit its next wave of engineers -- the animated band Gorillaz. The auto company will be using the band's mixed reality app to challenge aspiring team members, fast-tracking the best perfo...