Month: December 2019

IMAGE: This is an illustration of how electrons can be imagined to move between two arms of a metallic nanoantenna, driven by a single-cycle light wave. view more  Credit: University of Konstanz Contemporary electronic components, which are traditionally based on silicon semiconductor technology, can be switched on or off within picoseconds (i.e. 10-12 seconds). Standard mobile

Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists’ control over light and boosting research into next-generation solar and optical devices. The discovery solves a longstanding problem of scale, where light’s behavior when interacting with tiny objects violates well-established physical constraints observed at larger scales. “The kinds of effects

The University of Surrey has developed a robust multi-layed nano-barrier for ultra-lightweight and stable carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) that could be used to build high precision instrument structures for future space missions. CFRP is used in current space missions, but its applications are limited because the material absorbs moisture. This is often released as

For the first time, LEGO ® has been cooled to the lowest temperature possible in an experiment which reveals a new use for the popular toy. Its special properties mean it could be useful in the development of quantum computing. A world leading team of ultra-low temperature physicists at Lancaster University decided to place a

IMAGE: (a) Both lumbar MNs and higher motor centers, including the corticospinal (CST), rubrospinal (RST) and descending propriospinal (dPST) tracts, are required to initiate and maintain locomotor function in normal conditions. (b)… view more  Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS — Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have made several novel discoveries in the field

IMAGE: Paul Davies new book, The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information are Solving the Mystery of Life, has been selected the book of the year for 2019… view more  Credit: Arizona State University Paul Davies’ newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great outstanding scientific enigmas

IMAGE: Highly sensitive liquid metal-based soft pressure sensor integrated with 3D-printed microbump array. view more  Credit: KAIST Soft pressure sensors have received significant research attention in a variety of fields, including soft robotics, electronic skin, and wearable electronics. Wearable soft pressure sensors have great potential for the real-time health monitoring and for the early diagnosis of

IMAGE: The device allows researchers to mimic the environment inside the body to screen for better cancer screening drugs. view more  Credit: Kyoto University/Yokokawa Lab Japan — Kyoto University researchers have developed a new ‘tumor-on-a-chip’ device that can better mimic the environment inside the body, paving the way for improved screening of potential cancer fighting drugs.

IMAGE: Artists’ impression of quantum vortices in a liquid. These are the quantum equivalent of vortices in water or a tornado. Their interactions cause dynamics analogous to that of a cyclone. view more  Credit: Dr. Christopher Baker University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time, opening

IMAGE: This is the ear-EEG device. view more  Credit: AU Foto Researchers at the Department of Engineering are world leaders in brain measurement via a special device fitted in the ear like a hearing aid. The technology is called ear-EEG, and now the university has received a new grant to ensure further development of this Danish-designed

TROY, N.Y. — As the lithium-ion batteries that power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable. In research published recently in Energy Storage Materials, a team of engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrated how they could — by using aqueous electrolytes instead of the

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When there are just a few bits of cereal left floating on top of the milk, they tend to cluster together in the middle or around the edges of the bowl, rather than dispersing across

Leading a double life as both solids and liquids, liquid crystals occupy center stage for creating smaller, faster and more efficient technologies. Even at the level of single particles, liquid crystals can bend light and react to external forces, like electric fields or physical pushes and pulls. And so, a tiny quantity of liquid crystals

IMAGE: Different views of the 3D-?printed miniature David (1 mm high) made of pure copper. view more  Credit: Giorgio Ercolano, Exaddon There he is, standing upon his pedestal: David by Michelangelo. A world-?famous statue that nearly every child can recognise. But this David is just 1 millimeter tall, pedestal included, and is made not of marble