Nanotube-Based Fabric to Repel Chemical and Biological Agents
Scientists are working to develop a nanotube-based fabric that repels chemical and biological agents, switching reversibly from a highly breathable state to a protective one…
Scientists are working to develop a nanotube-based fabric that repels chemical and biological agents, switching reversibly from a highly breathable state to a protective one…
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that nanoscale particles can be “printed” on flexible plastics to form high-performance electronics. Electronic circuits are typically…
Targets for hackers are becoming more widespread. The chips running car engines, routers that form the Internet’s backbone, power plants, and rail lines are all…
Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have set a new record for data network data transfer speeds. The international team of high-energy physicists, computer…
Synthetic chemists have designed self-assembling polymers, which require heat in order to rearrange themselves. This technology has the potential to increase hard drive storage capacity…
At the Supercomputing 2012 conference last week, IBM Research-Almaden presented its next milestone towards fulfilling DARPA’s cognitive computing program, Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable…
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a new algorithm, known as ReFIT, that vastly improves the speed and accuracy of neural prosthetics that control computer…
William Whittaker has been developing roving robots for years. By 2015, he hopes that his rover will explore some mysterious caves on the Moon. Three…
In order to showcase ultra-strong artificial muscles, Ray Baughman from the University of Texas at Dallas and his colleagues built a catapult. The scientists published…
Scientists have developed fully sterile fabrics by using enzymes that adhere antimicrobial particles with textiles. These fabrics could help eliminate infectious bacteria from medical textiles….
In order to link human brains to computers, the interface needs to be delicate enough not to damage nerve tissue, but resilient enough to last…
Researchers in California have developed a synthetic version of skin that’s flexible, electrically conductive, and self-healing. The scientists published their findings in the journal Nature…
Scientists have built a jellyfish-inspired microchip that can capture cancer and other rare cells in human blood. The scientists published their findings in the journal…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is its first heavy-lift booster rocket since Saturn 5 took US astronauts to the moon. SLS will play a central…
Scientists have been able to successfully cloak an object, rendering a centimeter-scale cylinder invisible to microwaves. Many different invisibility cloaks have been demonstrated, but all…
Physicists have demonstrated that a hydrogen molecule dancing between two possible positions can induce regular vibration of a nearby cantilever, creating a miniature tuning fork…
Using a fermentation process used in World War I to make cordite for bullets and artillery shells, researchers at the Berkeley Lab effectively combined an…
This week, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a new database known as ClinVar, which will make physicians’ jobs much easier. The NIH…