Nearly 80 exoplanet candidates identified in record time
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
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Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate
Low-power design will allow devices as small as a honeybee to determine their location while flying.
MIT engineers build smart power outlet
Design can “learn” to identify plugged-in appliances, distinguish dangerous electrical spikes from benign ones.
MIT engineers configure RFID tags to work as sensors
Platform may enable continuous, low-cost, reliable devices that detect chemicals in the environment.
Magnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, jump, and play catch
New printing technique could be used to develop remotely controlled biomedical devices.
3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on Mars
Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.
Keeping data fresh for wireless networks
Algorithm provides networks with the most current information available while avoiding data congestion.
Engineers design color-changing compression bandage
Bandage is threaded with photonic fibers that change color to signal pressure level.
Turning up the heat on thermoelectrics
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows.
Researchers develop virtual-reality testing ground for drones
With new system, drones navigate through an empty room, avoiding crashes while “seeing” a virtual world.
New theory describes intricacies of a splashing droplet
Findings may help track movement of pesticides and biological contaminants.
Study: Health benefits will offset cost of China’s climate policy
A 4 percent reduction per year in carbon dioxide emissions should net $339 billion in health savings in 2030, researchers estimate.
A graphene roll-out
Scalable manufacturing process spools out strips of graphene for use in ultrathin membranes.