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Nanotechnology Device Aims to Prevent Malaria Deaths Through Rapid Diagnosis
September 26, 2012 A pioneering mobile device using cutting-edge nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance could revolutionize how the disease is diagnosed and ... > full story -
Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation
September 25, 2012 Using a novel method of integrating video technology and familiar control devices, a research team is developing a technique to simplify remote control of robotic ... > full story -
Oscillating Microscopic Beads Could Be Key to Biolab on a Chip
September 25, 2012 Researchers have found a way to manipulate and measure magnetic particles without contact, potentially enabling multiple medical tests on a tiny ... > full story -
Burying the Hatchet in the Laser Lab
September 25, 2012 Experts have been heavily discussing why exactly electrically insulating materials insulate as they do. Based on different mechanisms, a classification scheme for insulators has been in use since the ... > full story -
Novel Materials Become Multifunctional at Ultimate Quantum Limit
September 25, 2012 Physicists have examined the lower limits of novel materials called complex oxides and discovered that unlike conventional semiconductors the materials not only conduct electricity, but also develop ... > full story -
Wearable Sensor System Automatic Maps Building While Wearer Is Moving
September 24, 2012 Researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is ... > full story -
Windshield Wiper for Mars Dust Developed: Actuator Moved by Materials That Have Shape Memory
September 24, 2012 A team of researchers in Spain has developed a device that works as a windshield wiper to eliminate Mars dust from the sensors on the NASA spacecrafts that travel to the Red ... > full story -
Novel Approach for Single Molecule Electronic DNA Sequencing
September 21, 2012 A team of researchers has developed a novel approach to potentially sequence DNA in nanopores electronically at single molecule level with single-base ... > full story -
Ultra Fast Optical Amplifier: Silicon and Erbium on One Chip for the First Time
September 21, 2012 Within optical microchips, light finds its way through channels, waveguides, made of silicon. Light from a glass fiber, for example, is led through a structure of optical channels with splitters and ... > full story -
The Original 'Twitter'? Tiny Electronic Tags Monitor Birds' Social Networks
September 20, 2012 A tiny, digital tag provides a first peek at the social lives of small animals. Using the tags to track New Caledonian crows revealed a surprising amount of interaction among the tool-using ... > full story
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