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Tiny implantable device short-circuits hunger pangs, aids weight loss
More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called the growing number and...
Dec 17, 20183 min read
Switch-in-a-cell electrifies life
Scientists at Rice University have developed synthetic protein switches to control the flow of electrons. The proof-of-concept,...
Dec 17, 20183 min read
Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth...
Dec 13, 20184 min read
Data use draining your battery? Tiny device to speed up memory while also saving power
The more objects we make "smart," from watches to entire buildings, the greater the need for these devices to store and retrieve massive...
Dec 13, 20183 min read
First observation of a square lattice of merons and antimerons
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a square lattice of merons and antimerons—tiny magnetic vortices and antivortices that form...
Dec 10, 20182 min read
Researchers develop method to transfer entire 2D circuits to any smooth surface
What if a sensor sensing a thing could be part of the thing itself? Rice University engineers believe they have a two-dimensional...
Dec 7, 20183 min read
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