Technology developed under DARPA’s Wound Stasis System program resulted in 72 percent survival rate at three hours post-injury in testing The Department of Defense’s medical system aspires t... Read more
Innovators unveil creative technologies that could change our sources of energy, change our use of energy, and change our lives In three studies published in the current issue of Technology... Read more
Energy storage using the concrete method cost only $0.78 per kilowatt-hour, far below the Department of Energy’s goal of achieving thermal energy storage at a cost of $15 per kilowatt-... Read more
Sweet sorghum is primarily grown in the United States as a source of sugar for syrup and molasses. But the sturdy grass has other attributes that could make it uniquely suited to production... Read more
It can also provide dedicated energy crops suitable for establishment on marginal land Putting the water-use-efficient and turbo-charged photosynthesis from plants such as agave into woody b... Read more
Eventually yielding more effective pharmaceuticals with fewer side effects. It’s not a magic trick and it’s not sleight of hand – scientists really are using levitation to improve the drug d... Read more
A gene that keeps switchgrass forever young could have far-reaching implications for the development of the plant as a biofuel crop, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. I... Read more
The new camouflage makeup protects the face and hands for up to 15 seconds before its own temperature rises Camouflage face makeup for warfare is undergoing one of the most fundamental chang... Read more
Can extract five to seven times more uranium at uptake rates seven times faster than the world’s best adsorbents Fueling nuclear reactors with uranium harvested from the ocean could be... Read more
U.S. Department of Defense approves USF Nursing to extend its ART study nationwide to military across all branches of service Researchers at the University of South Florida College of Nursin... Read more
“There’s going to be graveyards full of buried battery companies” PolyPlus partners with Johnson Controls and Corning to commercialize energy dense lithium-water, lithium-a... Read more
The team has devised a system to train rats to recognize and respond to the explosives Since the invention of land mines some seven centuries ago, activists, researchers and government offic... Read more
A way to make imperfectly ripe fruit a thing of the past Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you, researchers from... Read more
The NYPD announced the project yesterday You have to feel sorry for the police officers who are required to frisk people for guns or knives – after all, if someone who doesn... Read more
Image via Wikipedia New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by the United... Read more
