Using Pectin to Advance Neuron-Like Electronic Systems
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2016 — Most of us know pectin as a key ingredient for making delicious jellies and jams, not as a component for a […]
Researchers Create Living Bio-Hybrid System
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 15, 2016 — One of the biggest challenges in cognitive or rehabilitation neurosciences is the ability to design a functional hybrid system that can […]
Making Terahertz Lasers More Powerful
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2016 — Researchers have nearly doubled the continuous output power of a type of laser, called a terahertz quantum cascade laser, with potential […]
Using Muons from Cosmic Rays to Find Fraying Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2015 — In the United States, electricity comes with the flip of a switch and heat arrives with the push of a button. […]
Windows that act like an LCD Screen
WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2015 — The secret desire of urban daydreamers staring out their office windows at the sad brick walls of the building opposite them […]
Float like a mosquito, sting like a…mosquito
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2015 — Small semi-aqueous arthropods, such as mosquitoes and water striders, are free to go about their waterborne business thanks to their unique […]
Artificial blood vessels
WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2015 – By combining micro-imprinting and electro-spinning techniques, researchers at Shanghai University’s Rapid Manufacturing Engineering Center have developed a vascular graft composed of […]
Ultra-Thin Wires for Quantum Computing
WASHINGTON D.C., June 17, 2014 – Take a fine strand of silica fiber, attach it at each end to a slow-turning motor, gently torture it over an […]
New View of Supernova Death Throes
WASHINGTON D.C., March 18, 2014 — A powerful, new three-dimensional model provides fresh insight into the turbulent death throes of supernovas, whose final explosions outshine entire galaxies […]