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Battery and Memory Device in One
April 24, 2013 Conventional data memory works on the basis of electrons that are moved around and stored. However, even by atomic standards, electrons are extremely small. It is very difficult to control them, for ... > full story -
FlipperBot: Sea Turtles and Flipper-Driven Robot Reveal Principles of Moving on Sand and Other Granular Media
April 23, 2013 Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as ... > full story -
Repairing Articular Cartilage Defects With an Injectable Gel Engineered With Gene Modified BMSCs
April 23, 2013 Tissue engineering combined with gene therapy technology has the potential to manage the repair of defective articular cartilage. In this study, through minimally invasive injection methods the ... > full story -
Nanowires Grown on Graphene Have Surprising Structure
April 23, 2013 When engineers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene, they did not expect to discover a new paradigm of epitaxy. The self-assembled wires have a core of ... > full story -
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Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools Deployed in First Animal Biopsies
April 23, 2013 Using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, engineers and physicians have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a more effective way to access narrow ... > full story -
New Material Approach Should Increase Solar Cell Efficiency
April 23, 2013 A new research group brought together aspects of condensed matter physics, semiconductor device engineering, and photochemistry to develop a new form of high-performance solar photocatalyst based on ... > full story -
The Crystal's Corners: New Nanowire Structure Has Potential to Increase Semiconductor Applications
April 23, 2013 New research describes the discovery of a new structure that is a fundamental game changer in the physics of semiconductor ... > full story -
Light Bursts out of a Flying Mirror
April 23, 2013 Researchers have succeeded in generating flashes of extreme ultraviolet radiation via the reflection from a mirror that moves close to the speed of ... > full story -
3-D System Could Prevent Shoulder Injuries in Baseball Pitchers
April 23, 2013 A new 3-D motion detection system could help identify baseball pitchers who are at risk for shoulder injuries, according to a new ... > full story -
New Research Findings Open Door to Zinc-Oxide-Based UV Lasers, LED Devices
April 23, 2013 Researchers have solved a long-standing materials science problem, making it possible to create new semiconductor devices using zinc oxide -- including efficient ultraviolet lasers and LED devices ... > full story
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