Optical Computer Memory Chips Could Ease Internet Traffic
All-optical routers managing Internet traffic would be much more energy efficient than what we have today, but their development has been hindered by the lack…
All-optical routers managing Internet traffic would be much more energy efficient than what we have today, but their development has been hindered by the lack…
Researchers at MIT developed a MEMS device that enables 3-D sensing on a single chip by using a new design approach. Their new design method…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are focusing on the development of biomaterials and peripheral nerves at the interface site between the nervous system and where…
Researchers studying the iridescent properties of butterfly wings think that this could help engineers develop temperature sensors that are smaller and faster. This technology could…
Researchers at Drexel University are planning to print robotic dinosaurs that have been cast from real fossils, in an effort to better understand them. Kenneth…
Engineers at UCLA have developed a cost-effective cell-phone attachment that can detect the presence of the bacterium E. coli in food and water. FINDINGS: Researchers…
Researchers at Rice University have created a nano-infused oil that uses a very tiny amount of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) particles suspended in standard mineral…
Researchers at University of Leeds have developed biosensor technology that could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus. By using antibodies attached to…
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT have designed a compact cell sorter that requires no additional parts or steps. Their cell-sorting microchip takes…
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has a total of 9,000 individual mirror segments that are only 200 microns thick and will be the first…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are pushing circuitry forward by replacing electricity with light. By moving to shorter wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, they…
A MIT research team published new findings on their analysis of condensation mechanisms. By using nanopatterned surfaces, the researcher offers new insights into how the…
Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated a new microfluidic device that can isolate target cells much faster than existing devices and may…
A team of MIT researchers developed a way to precisely control the width and composition of nanowires as they grow. By being able to grow…
A team of engineers at Drexel University have developed a “green” version of ordinary Portland cement (OPC). By using a form of alkali-activated cement that…
Physicists at Purdue University and the University of New South Wales have constructed a transistor from single atom of phosphorus placed precisely on a bed…
Carbon nanotubes can be used in a variety of different contexts. Most recently, tubes were filled with drugs and sealed with biodegradable caps, allowing them…
Amazed by the gecko’s ability to produce adhesive force, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst developed “Geckskin,” an integrated adhesive with…