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Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehicles

“When it comes to the special sauce of batteries, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered it’s all about the salt concentration. By getting the right amount of salt, right where they want …

Researchers define mechanism for manufacturing graphene from graphite

“Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universität Ulm have made a significant contribution to the wet chemical synthesis of graphene from graphite, defining the mechanism on which it is based. They succeeded in solving the basic problem …

Researchers develop new flexible sensor for highly sensitive measurement in small spaces

“Researchers have developed a new flexible sensor with high sensitivity that is designed to perform variety of chemical and biological analyses in very small spaces. The sensor’s small size means that it could potentially be used inside blood vessels …

Researchers use light to turn yeast into biochemical factories

“Scientists have recently learned how to use light to control specific groups of neurons to better understand the operation of the brain, a development that has transformed areas of neuroscience. Researchers at Princeton University have now applied a similar method …

Step Motor With Acceleration And End Of Stroke

“Acceleration of the step motor and the limit switch. These issues that we are going to discuss in this article, in which I will present you with a motion test assembly. In addition to the concept of end switches, I …

Students create 3D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees

“Students at The University of Manchester have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alternative for amputees. The hand’s joints are all fully posable with each individual finger and the …

The Future of Photonics Using Quantum Dots

“Quantum-dot lasers are promising for integrated photonic circuits Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables crisscross the globe and package everything from financial data to cat videos into light. But when the signal arrives at your local data center, it runs …

Arduino Perpetual Calendar Clock

“The clock uses 2 electro mechanical clock movements controlled by an Arduino to display the Day and Month. A third quartz controlled movement displays the time tide Low or High tide. The Calendar is fully automatic and takes into account …

Atomically thin light emitting device opens the possibility for ‘invisible’ displays

“UC Berkeley engineers have built a bright-light emitting device that is millimeters wide and fully transparent when turned off. The light emitting material in this device is a monolayer semiconductor, which is just three atoms thick. The device opens the …

Autobooch Automate Your Kombucha Brewing System With A Raspberry Pi

“Tired of unpredictable brewing times for your kombucha? Worried about the health of your SCOBY pellicle? Look no further! The AutoBooch has your back! Don’t know what a SCOBY is? Have no fearwe cover that here. A growing number …