A new, flexible, and self-powered sensor made by magnetoelectric materials can convert mechanical stimuli to electrical signals for robots with a “soft touch”.
Creating better models for offshore wind turbines
Dutch researchers develop a new computational model that could help turbine designers manage large uncertainties in wind and wave behavior.
Vulnerable robots change the social dynamics of a group
Hello HAL, do you read me HAL?
Absolute zero: A counter-intuitive energy transition
For the UK to make headway with its ambitious Absolute Zero plan, it calls for an administration that understands the subject and what is needed for its success.
Team builds first living robots using frog stem cells
Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up.
How Computational Models Can Aid Cardiac Research
Researchers are increasingly interested in how a systems biology approach may be used to tackle multi-scale heart problems.
Engineering Reports: A New Broad Scope Open Access Journal
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Engineering Reports, a new Open Access journal dedicated to all aspects of engineering and computer science. We undoubtedly live in one of the fastest evolving times, with scientific and technological advances permeating our...
Simulation and Optimization of Polymer Processes
Two leading experts in the field have authored a new book on modeling and optimizing polymer production processes.
Mimicking Living Systems using Polymer Chemistry
PISA allows for the complete synthesis of chemical systems without using biochemistry.
Quantitative Systems Models Illuminate Arrhythmia Mechanisms in Heart Failure
Quantitative systems modeling aims to integrate knowledge in different research areas with models describing biological mechanisms and dynamics to gain a better understanding of complex clinical syndromes.