Harvesting Energy from the Human Knee
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2019 — Imagine powering your devices by walking. With technology recently developed by a group of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong […]
Chaos Theory Produces Map for Predicting the Paths of Particles Emitted Into the Atmosphere
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2019 — Floating air particles following disasters and other largescale geological events can have a lasting impact on life on Earth. Volcanic ash […]
Do Teaching and Communicating About Microfluidics Advances Need Improvement?
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9, 2019 — Microfluidics and learning-on-a-chip research — involving the manipulation of small amounts of fluids to run miniaturized experiments in physics, chemistry, biology […]
Biochip Advances Enable Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 — Biochips are essentially tiny laboratories designed to function inside living organisms, and they are driving next-generation DNA sequencing technologies. This powerful […]
Which Climates Are Best for Passive Cooling Technologies?
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 — A group of University of California, San Diego researchers set out to gain a better understanding of the thermal balance of […]
Finding Missing Network Links Could Help Develop New Drugs, Stop Disease, Ease Traffic
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 — A new mathematical model of the structure of networks could help find new cancer drugs, speed up traffic flow and combat […]
Quantum Music to My Ears
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2019 — It sounds like an old-school vinyl record, but the distinctive crackle in the music streamed into Chris Holloway’s laboratory is atomic […]
Microfluidics Device Captures Circulating Cancer Cell Clusters
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2019 — Cancer touches nearly everyone in one way or another, and regrettably, it will claim another 600,000 lives in the U.S. in […]
Physical Parallels Found Between Transportation and Evolution in the Natural World
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2019 — Ever since the early days of the Wright brothers’ wing-warping designs, powered human flight has taken inspirations from the animal world, […]