'Liquid fingerprinting' technique instantly identifies unknown liquids
Ability to instantly identify unknown liquids in the field could aid first responders, improve plant safety.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreAbility to instantly identify unknown liquids in the field could aid first responders, improve plant safety.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreEngineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreAn international team has introduced a three-dimensional X-ray diffraction technique for determining crystallographic texture - the preferred orientation of the little crystals in a solid - with previously unattainable spatial resolution.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreScientists have developed a computer model that will aid in the design of nanocarriers, microscopic structures used to guide drugs to their targets in the body.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreSelf-propelling liquid metals a critical step to future elastic electronics.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreThe advanced technologies designed by researchers working on the SURFUND project go beyond the current state-of-the-art techniques in metrology, the science of measurements applied to manufacturing and other industrial processes.
Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreMaterials scientists have created a superhydrophobic coating that easily slicks away viscous liquids like syrup, honey and ketchup.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreResearchers don't yet fully understand how to best operate micro-manipulator bots because of various forces unique to the micro- and nano-scale.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreEngineers have created high-performance, micro-scale solar cells that outshine comparable devices in key performance measures. The miniature solar panels could power myriad personal devices -- wearable medical sensors, smartwatches, even autofocusing contact lenses.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreGallium nanoparticles that are both solid and liquid are stable over a range of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreResearchers have found a way to solve this dilemma and developed a low crystalline conducting polymer that shows high-field effect mobility.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreSilicon-tin nanocomposite could lead to low cost, long lasting rechargeable batteries for electronic devices and electric vehicles.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreResearchers have developed a method to predict which alloys may form a bulk metallic glass.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreScientists transformed flexible one-dimensional molecular chains into a structured, well-defined porous three-dimensional material.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreNanoscale metallic cavities coupled to semiconductor materials can dramatically change the characteristics of light from a laser.
Aug 3rd, 2016
Read moreIn work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a team of scientists has created a material that is highly breathable yet protective from biological agents.
Aug 3rd, 2016
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