TOKYO - Scientists have discovered a new process that could supercharge the transition to next-generation rechargeable batteries capable of more than doubling the range of current electric vehicles. The research could help facilitate a switch from conventional lithium-ion batteries – which are found in everything from smartphones to electric cars – to solid-state sodium batteries, which are both
BOSTON - We can only guess what surgery may look like in 50 or 100 years, but one thing will always be true: The patient and surgeon will always be at the center, according to Medtronic. And the same is true for surgeons and the technology they use. Surgical robotics isn’t about the bits or
GILFORD, NH - Nuclear fusion has long been a sought-after but elusive goal for science. It involves joining atomic nuclei to release energy, the same process that occurs in the Sun and other stars. In fact, it’s a process similar to what we saw two weeks ago with the plasma engine. Unlike nuclear fission used
INDIA - The vestiges of what many believe to be a lost, ancient civilisation have been discovered off the coast of western India. What has been described as a vast city, stretching more than five miles (8km) long and two miles (3km) wide, was discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Khambhat (previously known
ANN ARBOR – Registration is open for Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) hands-on summer camps for area youth ages 5-18. e Seven camps are designed to motivate participants with fun activities ranging from NASA-affiliated space exploration and STEM-based problem-solving to archeological discoveries and Lego building projects. Each camp is conducted by instructors connected to organizations steeped
AUSTIN - A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a mug-sized device that can clean water using only a small jolt of electricity. The device could be used to help get drinking water to people left stranded by extreme weather events. Dr. Donglei "Emma" Fan — an associate professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
BOSTON - Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented a device that operates without a battery or a plug — and sans dirty energy. "We have provided an example of a battery-less sensor that does something useful, and shown that it is a practically realizable solution. Now others will hopefully use our framework
AUSTIN, Texas - As parts of the globe face the ongoing problem of water scarcity, a groundbreaking new device that turns hot air into drinking water could help alleviate the issue. As explained by Tech Xplore, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in September
LONDON - The Earth's energy grids could be sent into meltdown with the onset of a solar storm in 2025 because of solar storms that can inflict untold chaos on Earth. Scientists have long warned about the potential negative consequences of such storms, perhaps the biggest being what has been coined as an "internet apocalypse"
ATLANTA - Famed science educator Bill Nye has yet again issued a warning to the world: if we keep burning coal at higher and higher rates every year, all of South Florida is going to sink into the sea. In an interview with CNN discussing the melting of the "doomsday glacier," — a gigantic Antarctic glacier that may melt
