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US Air Force Office of Scientific Research

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Name: US Air Force Office of Scientific Research

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

NASA

NASA Going Green With New Fuel

TagsNASA, energetic ionic liquidA new type of fuel is in the works for NASA rockets. While the agency has always been determined to send humans into space, such feats may now get a little bit greener.Since the 1970s, spacecraft have relied on a type of ... [Published ITechPost - May 17 2013]

Entities: NASA, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Hydrazine

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible skin

Most of us don’t ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill ... [Published EarthSky - May 16 2013]

Entities: Artery, Catheter, Patient, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

3D printed cyborgs closer to reality

Biology and electronics are mergingPrinceton University scientists have successfully combined organic tissue with electronics, potentially extending the boundaries of human hearing well beyond natural limits.3D printed cybernetically enhanced organs - ... [Published SmartPlanet - May 15 2013]

Entities: 3D Printing, Biology, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Cybernetics

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford Engineers Monitor Heart Health Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'

Most of us don't ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health.Zhenan Bao , a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill ... [Published Palo Alto Patch - May 14 2013]

Entities: Artery, Catheter, Patient, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

NASA Adopts Greener Rocket Fuel For 2015 Mission

NASA has announced that it will stop using the rocket fuel that has been an aeronautics mainstay since the 1940s and switch to a greener, environmentally-benign propellant. The space agency says that the first space flight powered with this new fuel will ... [Published Red Orbit - May 07 2013]

Entities: Hydrazine, Rocket Fuel Inc, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NASA

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

Physicists find right (and left) solution for on-chip optics

- A Harvard-led team of researchers has created a new type of nanoscale device that converts an optical signal into waves that travel along a metal surface. Significantly, the device can recognize specific kinds of polarized light and accordingly send ... [Published EurekAlert! - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Federico Capasso, Optics, Nanoscale, Singapore, Harvard University

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Arizona State University

Nanoscale Heat Transfer Research Awarded Air Force Grant

An Arizona State University engineer has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research for nanoscale heat transfer research that could help improve thermoelectric devices and thermal barrier coatings. An assistant professor ... [Published Electronics Cooling - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Nanoscale, Nanoparticle, Arizona State University, Transfers, Thermal Energy

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mighty Microbattery Delivers Lightning-Fast Charge

A dead cellphone battery at the most inconvenient of moments? Not with the new microbattery technology announced this week by university researchers, who say their project can mean near-instantaneous phone recharges and more power for consumer electronics. ... [Published Tech News World - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Microbattery, Battery, William King, Cathode, Anode

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Microbatteries May Be Small But They Are Big On...

Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery – and ... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Battery, Microbattery, Cathode, Anode

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 3 reports

New Microbatteries Pack a Punch | Design Eng

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have announced the development of microbatteries that are only milimeters in size but strong enough to jump-start a car battery. Alternatively, the developers say, the diminutive cells could ... [Published Canadian Plant - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Microbattery, William King, Battery

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Scientists Develop a Unique Adaptive Material Inspired by the Liquid Film that Coats Our Eyes

A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) just moved these enticing notions much closer to reality by designing a new kind of adaptive material with tunable transparency ... [Published Special Chem 4 Coatings - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Wyss Institute, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Scientists design adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability; applications in pipelines, textiles, optical systems

A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have designed a new kind of adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability features. A paper on the work, ... [Published Green Car Congress - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Wyss Institute, Doctor of Philosophy, Pipeline, Substrate

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"Now we need better materials (for engines) that can handle the temperatures generated" Michael Berman, a program manager at the Arlington, Va., Air Force Office of Scientific Research, said

NASA Going Green With New Fuel [Published ITechPost - May 17 2013]

"For some patients with a potential heart disease, wearing a bandage would allow them to constantly measure their heart's condition," Bao said. "This could be done without interfering with their daily life at all, since it really just requires wearing a small bandage."

Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin' [Published Brightsurf Science News - May 16 2013]

...According to Dr. Hawkins: "The AFOSR- funded program provided the synthesis and characterization work for an EIL that enabled the experimental USAF fuel, AF-M315E, to act as a high-energy density, environmentally benign, easy-to-handle replacement for spacecraft hydrazine fuel."

AFOSR-funded research key to revolutionary 'green' spacecraft propellant [Published EurekAlert! - May 07 2013]

...However, the researchers said that this technique has problems replicating complicated three dimensional biological structures. Ear reconstruction "remains one of the most difficult problems in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery" they wrote

Printable 'bionic' ear melds electronics and biology [Published EurekAlert! - May 01 2013]

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AFRL gains national recognition for STEM outreach [Published Kirtland Air Force Base - May 11 2013]
3D Printing: Can You ‘Ear’ Me Now? [Published The Fiscal Times - May 10 2013]
NASA Adopts Greener Rocket Fuel For 2015 Mission [Published Red Orbit - May 07 2013]
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Rensselaer Professor Riccardo Bevilacqua Wins Y... [Published Newswise - May 02 2013]
Riccardo Bevilacqua Wins 2013 Young Investigato... [Published Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - May 02 2013]
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Solar Cells Created Using Organic Materials [Published Virginia Engineer - May 01 2013]
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New Nanofiber Technology Set To... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 25 2013]
Nanoscale Heat Transfer Research Awarded Air Fo... [Published Electronics Cooling - Apr 23 2013]
Physicists find right (and left) solution for o... [Published Nanotechnology News - Apr 23 2013]
Physicists find right (and left) solution for o... [Published EurekAlert! - Apr 22 2013]
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging ... [Published Zecco - Apr 22 2013]
Univ. of Illinois team develops high-power Li-i... [Published Green Car Congress - Apr 20 2013]
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Mighty Microbattery Delivers Lightning-Fast Charge [Published Tech News World - Apr 19 2013]
Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous Nanoporous Elect... [Published Azonano - Apr 18 2013]
Microbatteries May Be Small But They Are Big On... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 17 2013]
New Microbatteries Pack a Punch \| Design Eng [Published Canadian Plant - Apr 17 2013]

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Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin... [Published EarthSky - May 16 2013] Most of us don’t ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill ...
Univ. of Illinois team develops high-power Li-i... [Published Green Car Congress - Apr 20 2013] Ragone plot showing the performance of the new microbattery cells (A-H) and conventional power technologies. The energy and power density of our microbattery cells (A–H) at low to high C rates, along with previous microbattery cells having 3D electrodes ...
Univ. of Illinois team develops high-power Li-i... [Published Green Car Congress - Apr 20 2013] Ragone plot showing the performance of the new microbattery cells (A-H) and conventional power technologies. The energy and power density of our microbattery cells (A–H) at low to high C rates, along with previous microbattery cells having 3D electrodes ...
The Miracle Breakthrough Microbattery [Published New Energy and Fuel - Apr 17 2013] Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) have announced their new Microbatteries that out-power even the best supercapacitors and could drive new applications in radio communications and compact electronics. The graphic ...
Scientists design adaptive material with tunabl... [Published Green Car Congress - Apr 08 2013] A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have designed a new kind of adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability features. A paper on the work, ...

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Ghina Nakad - Research - Error Quantification i... [Published Vanderbilt University - YouTube - Dec 19 2012]

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When Giving Back Counts: Major Donors of the Th... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 08 2013]
Carnegie Mellon's Carmel Majidi Wins Air Force ... [Published PR Newswire: Business Technology - Mar 21 2013]