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Biodegradable, Flexible Silicon Transistors

Washington, D.C., June 30, 2015 — Portable electronics users tend to upgrade their devices frequently as new technologies offering more functionality and more convenience become available. […]

Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor May Take Smartphone Security to New Level

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 29, 2015 — Fingerprint sensor technology currently used in smartphones like the iPhone 6 produces a two-dimensional image of a finger’s surface, which can […]

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. […]

Fabricating Inexpensive, High-Temp SQUIDs for Future Electronic Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2015 – High-transition-temperature superconductivity within copper-oxide materials was discovered in 1986, and quickly set into motion an intense research effort by scientists and […]

The Physics of Swimming Fish

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2015 — Fish may seem to glide effortlessly through the water, but the tiny ripples they leave behind as they wriggle their way […]

Diamonds are for Temperature

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2015 – Researchers have developed tiny, diamond-based probes that optically transmit detailed temperature information and can operate in conditions ranging from 150 – […]

Communicating with Hypersonic Vehicles in Flight

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2015 – Near the end of the movie Apollo 13, which depicts the harrowing journey of the three astronauts aboard the aborted 1970 […]

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 […]

Improving Energy Storage with a Cue from Nature

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 9, 2015 – Materials melt faster when the lines of heat spread through the cold material like the branches of a tree — and […]