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Studying Structure to Understand Function within ‘Material Families’

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 8, 2016 — As Francis Crick, one of Britain’s great scientists, once said: “If you want to understand function, study structure.” Within the realm […]

New model developed to study inflammatory bowel disease in human biopsy samples

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 2, 2016 — Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex condition that requires a lifetime of care and increases a person’s cancer risk. But […]

Artificial muscles show more flex

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2016 — Artificial muscles made significant gains when a literal twist in the development approach uncovered the tensile — or stretchy — abilities […]

Bio-Inspired Lower-Limb ‘Wearing Robotic Exoskeleton’ for Human Gait Rehab

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 25, 2016 — Stroke and spinal cord injury patients often require gait rehabilitation to regain the ability to walk or to help strengthen their […]

Controlling Ultrasound with 3-D Printed Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 25, 2016 — Ultrasound is more than sound. Obstetricians use it to peer inside a woman’s uterus and observe a growing baby. Surgeons use […]

Space-based Droplet Dynamics Lessons?

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 18, 2016 — Droplets in space can grow freakishly large and bounce off nonwetting surfaces in truly unearthly ways. Astronauts frequently encounter huge droplets, […]

When It Comes to Polymer Fragility, Size Does Matter

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 18, 2016 — Polymers are very large molecules consisting of thousands, even millions, of atoms bonded together in a repeating pattern similar to a […]

“Shadow Method” Reveals Locomotion Secrets of Water Striders

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2016 — While walking beside the creek in the Beijing Botany Garden one autumn, Yu Tian, a professor of mechanical engineering at Tsinghua […]

Synchronizing Optical Clocks to One Quadrillionth of a Second

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 11, 2016 — An international team of researchers, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has advanced […]