Microbubbles Make Big Impact
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 22, 2016 — The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale “motor” that can be wirelessly powered through biological […]
Artificial muscles show more flex
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2016 — Artificial muscles made significant gains when a literal twist in the development approach uncovered the tensile — or stretchy — abilities […]
Controlling Ultrasound with 3-D Printed Devices
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 25, 2016 — Ultrasound is more than sound. Obstetricians use it to peer inside a woman’s uterus and observe a growing baby. Surgeons use […]
“Shadow Method” Reveals Locomotion Secrets of Water Striders
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2016 — While walking beside the creek in the Beijing Botany Garden one autumn, Yu Tian, a professor of mechanical engineering at Tsinghua […]
Synchronizing Optical Clocks to One Quadrillionth of a Second
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 11, 2016 — An international team of researchers, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has advanced […]
Cicada Wings Inspire Antireflective Surfaces
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 11, 2016 — A team of Shanghai Jiao Tong University researchers has used the shape of cicada wings as a template to create antireflective […]
Pyroelectric Peptide Microtubes Turn Heat to Electric Currents
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2016 — Many peptides and proteins have an innate ability to assemble into long, slender fibers called fibrils and other shapes. Now, researchers […]
Acoustic Metamaterial Panel Absorbs Low-Frequency Sound
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 20, 2016 — When it comes to low-frequency sound waves, traditional sound-absorbing materials tend to be undesirably bulky, heavy or thick. This challenge inspired […]
Tuning Materials and Devices to Adapt to Their Environment
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 13, 2016 — Materials with large dielectric constants — aka “high-K materials” — have recently garnered attention for their potential use within future generations […]