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Futuristic Components on Silicon Chips, Fabricated Successfully

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2015 — A team of IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland with support from colleagues in Yorktown Heights, New York has developed a relatively […]

Measuring the Mass of Molecules on the Nano-Scale

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2015 — Working with a device that slightly resembles a microscopically tiny tuning fork, researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have […]

An Inexpensive Rival to Graphene Aerogels

WASHINGTON D.C., June 2, 2015 — The electromagnetic radiation discharged by electronic equipment and devices is known to hinder their smooth operation. Conventional materials used today to […]

New Technique Speeds nanoMRI Imaging

WASHINGTON D.C., May 26, 2015 — NanoMRI is a scanning technique that produces nondestructive, high-resolution 3-D images of nanoscale objects, and it promises to become a powerful […]

Scientists Print Low Cost Radio Frequency Antenna with Graphene Ink

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2015 – Scientists have moved graphene — the incredibly strong and conductive single-atom-thick sheet of carbon — a significant step along the path […]

Artificial Muscles Created from Gold-Plated Onion Cells

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2015 — Just one well-placed slice into a particularly pungent onion can send even the most seasoned chef running for a box of […]

Printing Silicon on Paper, with Lasers

WASHINGTON, DC, April 21, 2015 — In seeking to develop the next generation of micro-electronic transistors, researchers have long sought to find the next best thing to […]

Nondestructive 3-D Imaging of Biological Cells with Sound

WASHINGTON D.C., April 20, 2015 — Much like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is able to scan the interior of the human body, the emerging technique of “picosecond […]

Harvesting Energy from Electromagnetic Waves

WASHINGTON D.C., April 14, 2015 – For our modern, technologically-advanced society, in which technology has become the solution to a myriad of challenges, energy is critical not […]