- Scalable, low-maintenance design recycles heat for a steady supply of drinking water off-grid
- Handy octopus robot can adapt to its surroundings
- Optimizing the recovery of rare earth elements
- Robot that keeps food hot or cold could change up food delivery
- Atmospheric water harvesting: Optimization of a hygroscopic hydrogel device improves efficiency
- Hardening the grid: Research team focuses on quake-proofing transformer bushings
- 3-D printed smart fabrics maintain flexibility and sensing ability after repeated washes
- World's smallest self-powered bipedal robot achieves record speed and agility with simple mechanical design
- 3D printing with tunable color creates microscale replica of famous statue
- Robotic hand uses compliant materials to grasp objects with human-like dexterity
- Advances in ceramic electrochemical cells promise more reliable hydrogen production and clean energy storage
- Novel zinc-ion battery design promotes safe, scalable industrial energy storage
- Self-healing coating lets Nd-Fe-B magnets resist saltwater, ice and mechanical damage
- 'Countersnapping' structures shrink when pulled
- Tapping a new toolbox, engineers buck tradition in high-performing heat exchanger