Researchers at MIT have succeeded in producing and measuring a coupling of photons and electrons on the surface of an unusual type of material called a topological insulator. This type of coupling…
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Hydrogen-powered car helps grow food using Fuel Cell
A car that can help to grow food has been unveiled as part of an exhibition in London to promote hydrogen fuel cell technology. At the heart of the Fuel Cell Farm,…
Robot ‘Anklebot’ helps determine ankle stiffness for helping stroke patients to walk.
MIT professor Neville Hogan and his colleagues in the Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation have measured the stiffness of the ankle in various directions using a robot called the “Anklebot.”…
NASA sets new data transmission record by shooting laser at the Moon.
NASA reports that it has used a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 384,633 kilometers (239,000 miles) between the Moon and the Earth at a transfer rate of 622 megabits…
ClearSign’s innovative Electrodynamic Combustion Control Makes Power Plants Cleaner
An U.S company called ClearSign Combustion has developed a technology to eliminate key pollutants from power plants and refineries, and make them much more efficient. The technique involves electric fields to control…