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Novel Solid-State Nanomaterial Platform Enables Terahertz Photonics

WASHINGTON D.C., February 17, 2015 — Compact, sensitive and fast nanodetectors are considered to be somewhat of a “Holy Grail” sought by many researchers around the world. […]

Electronics You Can Wrap Around Your Finger

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 10, 2015 – Electronic devices have shrunk rapidly in the past decades, but most remain as stiff as the same sort of devices were […]

Extreme-Temperature Electronics

Washington, D.C., February 10, 2015 — Many industries are calling for electronics that can operate reliably in a harsh environment, including extreme temperatures above 200° Celsius. Examples […]

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 […]

Industrial Pump Inspired by Flapping Bird Wings

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 3, 2015 — Birds are unwitting masters of fluid dynamics — they manipulate airflow each time they flap their wings, pushing air in one […]

The Future of Holographic Video

WASHINGTON D.C., February 3, 2015 — Holographic video displays, featuring three-dimensional images, are about to “go large” and become a lot more affordable at the same time, […]

New Laser-patterning Technique Turns Metals into Supermaterials

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2015 –By zapping ordinary metals with femtosecond laser pulses researchers from the University of Rochester in New York have created extraordinary new surfaces […]

New Signal Amplification Process Set to Transform Communications, Imaging, Computing

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2015 – Signal amplification is ubiquitous to all electronic and optoelectronic systems for communications, imaging and computing – its characteristics directly impact device […]

Photonic Crystal Nanolaser Biosensor Simplifies DNA Detection

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 13, 2015 – A simple method to sense DNA, as well as potential biomarker proteins of cancer or other diseases such as Alzheimer’s, may […]