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What if the wood used to build your house could decrease your electricity bill? In the race to save energy, Xiaobo Yin at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and researchers at the University of Maryland have uncovered a way for buildings to dump heat.
By developing sensors to optimize inputs for greater crop yields, Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Gregory Whiting aims to mitigate environmental losses, decrease energy use and improve farm profitability for food, feed and fuel crops, a project funded by ARPA-E.
New tattoo inks are being designed to change color in response to signals that could alert people to changes in blood chemistry or help doctors diagnose illness. Carson Bruns spoke about his work at the TEDxMileHigh: Reset speaker series.
Researchers have scaled up a new low-cost cooling system that can provide efficient cooling for homes and beyond using minimal electricity. The system is built from a highly reflective glass and polymer material slightly thicker than aluminum foil.
Bloomberg recently reported that Solid Power Inc., a Colorado-based developer of next-generation solid-state batteries, has completed a $20 million deal with Samsung Venture, Hyundai and others.The deal comes less than a year after Solid Power
The National Science Foundation is honoring six current or incoming ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ mechanical engineering students with Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards and five students with honorable mentions.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ engineers have received a $2.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that splits sunlight into photosynthetically efficient light and
Physics World has recognized a metamaterial film that provides cooling without the need for a power source, invented by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ mechanical engineering professors Ronggui Yang and Xiaobo Yin, as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2017.Made out of
Chemical and Engineering News has chosen ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ spin-off company Solid Power as one of the Top 10 start-ups of 2017. The business grew out of research conducted by professors Sehee Lee and Conrad
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ mechanical engineering professor Xiaobo Yin has been named a 2017 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Moore Inventor Fellow, an award bestowed on scientist-inventors for their inventions in