Tiny detectors that can sniff out everything from explosives and biotoxins to smuggled humans Sandia National Laboratories scientists are thinking small, building on decades of sensor work t... Read more
Falling particle receiver technology is attractive because it can cost-effectively capture and store heat at higher temperatures without breaking down, which is an issue for conventional mol... Read more
DARPA has revealed the completed ATLAS humanoid robot, which is to star in the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) – and it cuts a striking figure. Designed by Boston Dynamics (the guys... Read more
Providing auxiliary hydrogen power to docked or anchored ships may soon be added to the list of ways in which hydrogen fuel cells can provide efficient, emissions-free energy. Hydrogen fuel... Read more
An idled program for vehicles driven by fuel cells is gaining new impetus from new programs at the U.S. Department of Energy In its push for putting zero-emission cars on the road, the Depar... Read more
Imaging reveals what happens during charging; could lead to improved batteries for electric cars One of the most promising new kinds of battery to power electric cars is called a lithium-air... Read more
“If stochastic mapping was widely used now, perhaps outbreaks, such the recent ones involving salmonella, could be more quickly tracked down and contained” Uncovering the sources of fr... Read more
“At this price point, the Sandia Hand has the potential to be a disruptive technology,” Sandia National Laboratories has developed a cost-effective robotic hand that can be used in disarming... Read more
The winds of change have blown VAWTs’ way once more. Sandia National Laboratories’ wind energy researchers are re-evaluating vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) to help solve some of the pro... Read more
Self-sealing valves also increase data reliability for airborne industrial and battlefield gas detection and point-of-contact medicine An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to c... Read more
The consequences are not being thought through Technology is designed to increase flying time ‘from days to months’, along with power available for weapons systems American scien... Read more
Fusion break-even In the beginning, there was the thermonuclear bomb – mankind had harnessed the energy of the Sun. Confident predictions abounded that fusion reactors would be providi... Read more
Bots of Burden The latest are the roachlike RHex and four-wheeled hopping Sand Flea. A mechanical cheetah might not be far behind Three of the U.S. military’s newest recruits reported... Read more
Flow batteries can be rapidly “recharged” by replacing the electrolyte liquid A flow battery is a rechargeable fuel cell that pumps a solution of charged metals dissolved in an e... Read more
Has the potential to one day allow nerves to be connected directly to artificial limbs Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have announced a breakthrough in prosthetics that may one da... Read more
