Crafty engineering can help solve many problems, including those we face in our own kitchens. At EPFL’s Institute of Mechanical Engineering, students from three…
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Eye-tracking technology for pilots training
In a collaboration with Swiss International Air Lines, NASA and other partners, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed eye-tracking software for use in pilot…
How to turn heat waste into hydrogen fuel
Hydrogen as an energy carrier can help us move away from fossil fuels, but only if it is created efficiently. One way to improve…
HuMan project to enhance European manufacturing
Imagine yourself putting on a suit of extra muscles, seeing with super vision and inspired with new skills – with sensors making sure that…
New antenna technology for extremely fast 5G and 6G
Many connected devices, films downloaded in seconds, autonomous driving: the extremely fast 5G should make all this possible. The problem is that the fastest…
Innovative design for illuminating brain neurons
An interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has produced a new type of neural probe with an innovative design, improving the way…
New technology for sustainable fuel
The Synfuel research project brings together electrolysis and thermal gasification, and can transform biomass and wind energy into ‘green’ methanol, which can be used…
LHC to be upgraded with new detector
A new tracker made of scintillating fibres will be installed in the LHCb experiment during the ongoing shutdown of the Large Hadron Collider. For…
Quantum dots for more energy capture and less loss
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers discover a new approach for capturing energy from light-generated, ‘hot’ electrons, avoiding wasteful heat loss. Los Alamos National Laboratory…
First laboratory research of an interaction between dark matter and antimatter
Dark matter and the imbalance between matter and antimatter are two of the biggest mysteries of the universe. Astronomical observations tell us that dark matter makes up…