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Biomimicry, the study of emulating and mimicking nature, argues that 3.85 billion years of evolution means nature has incomparable experience solving environmental and habitat problems. The field of biomimicry is, ironically, greatly…

According to CSO Online, globally there are 30,000 attacks daily on websites and 94% of all malware spread in 2020 was distributed via email. Whether to steal user information or interfere with corporate operations, cyberattacks continue to…

Originally invented to help meteorologists view the entire sky so they could better report on encroaching weather systems, fisheye lenses have been used by creative photographers who exploit the extreme barrel distortion to make their…

While we’re waiting for our personal Star Trek replicators to provide us with steaming hot cups of perfectly brewed Earl Grey tea and other delicacies, researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed…

As anyone who’s smiled fondly at someone only to realize they were beaming at a very convincing mannequin, non-verbal communication is bi-directional. Recently, Army research has extended the state-of-the-art in autonomy by providing a more…

One of the ways electric vehicle makers initially extended the driving range of their cars was by increasing battery size. All batteries fade as they age though, slowly losing power and storage capacity. As in people, aging plays out…

While we transmit electricity at high voltages (66 kV or above) to reduce the energy loss from long-distance transmission, electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) losses average about 5% of the electricity that is transmitted…

As the global leader in food waste, Americans discard nearly 40 million tons or 219 pounds of food per person per year. Outbreaks of salmonella, listeria, and E. coli are also becoming more and more frequent. Recently, MIT engineers have…

While the concept of the uncanny valley was first described by Japanese robotics professor Masahiro Mori in 1970, it links to a much earlier idea of the uncanny elaborated by Ernst Jentsch in 1906 and expanded upon by Sigmund Freud in an…

As electric vehicles get closer and closer to reaching the economic tipping point where they cost the same or less than fossil fuel-powered cars and trucks, reducing the cost of the batteries that make them run is the last hurdle that needs…

There are polarities within the fashion world. Fast fashion is the antithesis of zero waste fashion, in which designers look for ways to reuse textile scraps, leftover fabric, excess thread and paper waste. Now, the keratin from leftover…

In 2017, the U.S. National Fire Protection Association reported were 173,000 vehicle fires resulting in 280 deaths. The totals are down significantly from 20 years ago, when 395,000 fires and 550 fatalities. As electric vehicles become more…

The Core Processing Unit (CPU) or brains of the computer is one of its most important processing units, performing calculations and actions and running programs. In modern information technology (IT), data are processed and carried by…

By 2015, Americans were consuming nearly 3 billion dry-cell batteries per year to power their radios, toys, watches, cell phones, laptops, and portable power tools. And while a hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might…

Seed yield is determined by genetics but highly influenced by environmental conditions. It consists of three main components: plants per hectare, seeds per plant, and 1000 seed weight. A self-pollinating crop whose grain can be used as seed…