Enhancing lab-on-a-chip peristalsis with electro-osmosis
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 – If you’ve ever eaten food while upside down – and who hasn’t indulged this chimpanzee daydream? – you can thank the […]
Introducing the Disposable Laser
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2016 – Since lasers were invented more than 50 years ago, they have transformed a diverse swath of technology — from CD players […]
New Discovery May Help Engineers Design Quieter Jet Airplanes
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2016 – If you’ve ever experienced the exceptionally powerful and reverberating sounds of a jet during takeoff, you likely won’t be surprised that […]
From Lighting Screens to Lighting Homes
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19, 2016 – Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power […]
Toward Quieting the Brain: Cluster Analysis of Cat Neural Network Models Reveals Promising Anti-seizure Strategies
WASHINGTON D.C., April 19, 2016 –An international team of investigators from Brazil, Scotland and Germany is expanding the research base on the brain’s complex suite of connections […]
On-the-go Diagnosis of HIV and HCV Co-Infections
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are among the leading causes of death worldwide, and an estimated one-third of people […]
Bringing the Landslide Laboratory to Remote Regions
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – It’d be hard to overstate how landslide-prone China’s Loess Plateau is; thanks to millions of years’ accumulation of the wind-deposited, highly-porous […]
Will Raindrops Stick to a Spider Web’s Threads?
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – If you go out after a rain, you may notice spider webs glistening with water droplets. The soggy webs resemble human-made […]
Physicists discover flaws in superconductor theory
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2016 — University of Houston physicists report finding major theoretical flaws in the generally accepted understanding of how a superconductor traps and holds […]