Scientists tap unused energy source to power smart sensor networks
The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are present all around us. Scientists have developed ...
A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors
UMass Amherst, international team use simple capillary forces to direct aqueous solutions
Tiny optical cavity could make quantum networks possible
Engineers have shown that atoms in optical cavities—tiny boxes for light—could be the foundation to the creation of a quantum internet
'Living drug factories' might treat diabetes and other diseases
Chemical engineers have developed a way to protect transplanted drug-producing cells from immune system rejection
Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices
Blood test detects over 50 types of cancer, some before symptoms appear
Test also identifies where in the body the cancer has originated
On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products
Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to organic building blocks
High-efficiency laser for silicon chips
Transistors in computer chips work electrically, but data can be transmitted more quickly by using light. For this reason, researchers have long been looking...
Heart attack on a chip: Scientists model conditions of ischemia on a microfluidic device
The chip allows precise control of oxygen and other conditions to observe cardiac cell behavior
Printing complex cellulose-based objects
Trees and other plants lead the way: they produce cellulose themselves and use it to build complex structures with extraordinary mechanical properties. That ...
Artificial intelligence identifies optimal material formula
One algorithm replaces countless time-consuming experiments.
A genetic nano-toolkit for the generation of new biomaterials
Bayreuth microbiologists use bacteria to produce multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles
Eye blinking on-a-chip
A new approach could lead to 'cornea-on-a-chip' devices that more accurately test the effects of drugs on the human eye
Creating stretchable thermoelectric generators
Elastic conducting polymer composites in thermoelectric modules
Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector
Graphene-based biosensors could usher in an era of liquid biopsy, detecting DNA cancer markers circulating in a patient's blood or serum. But current designs...
Abbott launches molecular point-of-care test to detect novel coronavirus in as little as 5 minutes
FDA grants emergency use authorization for fastest available molecular point-of-care test for novel coronavirus
Novel electrically conducting MOF may be the next-gen semiconductor
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging multi-functional materials that are gradually finding their way out of the research labs and into a myriad of re...
How do you power billions of sensors? By converting waste heat into electricity
Researchers are helping to power portable sensors that do not use batteries by generating electricity from heat that is otherwise wasted
