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Surprising results found in the swimming mechanism of microorganism-related model

WASHINGTON, D.C., Tuesday, January 24, 2017 — For years, B. Ubbo Felderhof, a professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University, has explored […]

Zeroing in on the true nature of fluids within nanocapillaries

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 10, 2017 — Shrinking the investigation of objects down to the nanometer scale often reveals new properties of matter that have no equivalent for […]

New Active Filaments Mimic Biology to Transport Nano-Cargo

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 10, 2017 — Inspired by micro-scale motions of nature, a group of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the Institute of […]

How to 3-D Print Your Own Sonic Tractor Beam

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 3, 2017 — Last year Asier Marzo, then a doctoral student at the Public University of Navarre, helped develop the first single-sided acoustic tractor […]

Detection System Reads Biomolecules in Barcoded Microgels

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2016 — Single-stranded, noncoding micro-ribonucleic acids (microRNAs), consisting of 18-23 nucleotides, play a key role in regulating gene expression. Levels of microRNAs circulating […]

Laboratory-on-a-Chip Technique Simplifies Detection of Cancer DNA Biomarkers

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 13, 2016 — Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., making early, reliable diagnosis and treatment a priority for researchers. […]

“Listening” to Signals Traveling Through Bridges for Diagnosing Damage

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 29, 2016 – A group of Clarkson University mathematicians and a civil engineer developed a passive and noninvasive approach to “listen” to a collection […]

Uncovering the Secrets of Water and Ice As Materials

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2016 — Water is vital to life on Earth and its importance simply can’t be overstated — it’s also deeply rooted within our […]

Blocks of Ice Demonstrate Levitated and Directed Motion

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2016 — Resembling the Leidenfrost effect seen in rapidly boiling water droplets, a disk of ice becomes highly mobile due to a levitating […]