
Harvesting Energy From Nature's Motions
By taking advantage of the
vagaries of the natural
world, engineers have
developed a novel approach
that they believe can more
efficiently harvest
electricity from the motions
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How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties
University of Utah chemists
demonstrated the first
conclusive link between the
size of catalyst particles
on a solid surface, their
... > full story

New Transparent Insulating Film Could Enable Energy-efficient Displays
Materials scientists have
found a way to transform a
chemical long used as an
electrical conductor a thin
film insulator potentially
... > full story

Applause For The SmartHand: Human-machine Interface Is Essential Link In Groundbreaking Prosthetic Hand
Professor Yosi
Shacham-Diamand of Tel Aviv
University's Department of
Engineering, working with a
team of European Union
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Modified Bluetooth Speeds Up Telemedicine
November 5, 2009 A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the health-care provider's mobile device for ... > full story -
Futuristic Communications Systems Could Help Protect Frontline Troops
November 4, 2009 Researchers are working to develop futuristic communications systems that could help protect frontline troops. Building on work completed recently for the UK Ministry of Defence, the project is aimed ... > full story -
Hidden Solar Cells: 3-D System Based On Optical Fiber Could Provide New Options For Photovoltaics
November 3, 2009 Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like ... > full story -
Digital 'Plaster' For Monitoring Vital Signs Undergoes First Clinical Trials
November 2, 2009 A wireless digital "plaster" that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers in a new clinical trial run by researchers in the UK. The ... > full story -
Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality
November 2, 2009 Nature inspires technology as an engineer and an ecologist have teamed to develop robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments. Robotic fish -- perhaps ... > full story -
Research Continues On Secure, Mobile, Quantum Communications
November 2, 2009 Researchers are investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater. They have conducted high data-rate experiments using an optical ... > full story -
Discovery May Lead To Precision Engineering Of Superconducting Thin Films For Electronic Devices
November 2, 2009 Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists have identified a single layer responsible for one such material's ability to become superconducting, i.e., ... > full story -
Transforming Nanowires Into Nano-tools Using Cation Exchange Reactions
November 2, 2009 A team of engineers has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale structures that are ... > full story -
Battery Of The Future: New Storage Material Improves Energy Density Of Lithium-ion Battery
October 30, 2009 High-performance energy storage technologies for the automotive industry or mobile phone batteries and notebooks providing long battery times – these visions of the future are being brought one ... > full story -
All-electric Spintronics Created
October 30, 2009 Scientists have always attempted to develop spin transistors by incorporating local ferromagnets into device architectures. A far better and practical way to manipulate the orientation of an ... > full story
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