How does a jet engine work?
Turning fuel into explosive thrust.
Modern aviation owes its success to the jet engine. The technology was originally developed in the late 1930s and ear...
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How do vacuum cleaners work? 4 factors!
The science of the vacuum cleaner is as simple as using one.
Vacuum cleaners are among the handiest household cleaning appliances used today. Vacuum cleaners' simple yet effecti...
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A robotic hip exoskeleton for amputees
Autonomous, powered hip exoskeleton could help with mobility for people with above-knee amputations.
Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Center at the University of Utah, US, have eng...
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3D printing is helping paralympians gain an edge
From bespoke seats to titanium arms, how does the widespread availability of 3D printers help to ...
By James Novak, The University of Queensland and Andrew Novak, University of Technology SydneyMajor sporting even...
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3D-printed houses in Australia | Cosmos Weekly Taster
The technology to construct lower-cost, more sustainable, more efficient housing is here, now. So...
This article first appeared in Cosmos Weekly on 27 August 2021. For more stories like this, subscribe to Cosmos Weekl...
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Acoustic tweezers put the pinch on particles
Complex acoustic patterns can manipulate matter without touching it.
There are no physical structures in this video. The “walls” guiding the particles through the liquid are actually a c...
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Final frontier exam: is it fit for space?
New network set to help Australian space tech meet standards and head for the heavens.
A new network to put space technology through its paces has been set up, to make sure Australian-developed products c...
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Path to zero emissions: the future of transport
Former chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel describes what transportation will look like in a zero-emis...
To describe how I think transport will look in the future I need to set the scene. My Quarterly Essay, "Getting to Ze...
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Are those earmuffs, or beermuffs?
Presenting a head-warmingly new non-invasive technique for measuring blood alcohol levels.
Japanese researchers have developed a pair of earmuffs that can measure real-time changes in your blood alcohol conce...
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Breaking bad (and sometimes good)
A new device is making the task of finding flaws in a thing – like every thing – a whole lot easier.
Nothing counts except for your thirst, and you’re cracking open a cold can of cola to deal with the problem when… arr...
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It’s a small, silent, stable world
Creating the conditions to see things at an atomic level requires a special brand of engineering....
At 10 Innovation Walk on Monash University’s Clayton Campus, in Melbourne, there’s a building like no other in Austra...
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Whitest, coolest paint ever made
The highly reflective paint could reduce reliance on air conditioning.
A team of US engineers has developed the whitest – and therefore coolest – paint in the world, able to reflect 98.1% ...