Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater env...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas A&M University physics professor.Sinova and colleagues from Hitachi Cambridge Laborat...
Physics and Astronomy |As fun as it is to obsess over and be scared by these fictional vampires, the real things are much more fascinating. Here is some blood-curdling information from National Wildlife Federation on living...
Life Sciences |The paper, entitled "A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen," presents the first prediction of stable LiHn hydrides (LiH2, LiH6, LiH8). These hypothetical materials demonstrate that...
Life Sciences |In a new twist on the adage "power corrupts," researchers at UC Berkeley and USC have found a direct link among supervisors and upper management between self-perceived incompetence and aggre...
Studies and Analyses |Takuzo Aidagroup directorEmergent Materials DepartmentResponsive Matter Chemistry and Engineering Research GroupRIKEN Advanced Science Institute“The appeal of chemistry is that...
Materials Sciences |Even tiny, easily overlooked events can completely change the behavior of a complex system, to the point where there is no apparent order to most natural systems we deal with in everyday life....
Physics and Astronomy |Exploiting quantum mechanics for transmitting information is a tantalizing possibility because it promises secure, high speed communications. Unfortunately, the fragility of methods for storin...
Physics and Astronomy |A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The...
Process Engineering |It enables a comprehensive automation of the process chain including all assembly and production steps and is particularly appropriate for small series. In addition, the institute is also presenting t...
Trade Fair News |Researchers are one step closer to creating a micro-aircraft that flies with the manoeuvrability and energy efficiency of an insect after decoding the aerodynamic secrets of insect flight.Dr J...
Life Sciences |Scientists from Durham University have deciphered the landforms and created a model of the British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) which reveals for the first time how glaciers reversed their flows and ret...
Earth Sciences |A new earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings, just successfully tested in Japan, will not only help a multi-story building hold itself together during a violent earthquake, but also retu...
Architecture and Construction |At Stand 4211 in Hall 4 of Fakuma (October 13 - 17, 2009, Messe Friedrichshafen), the Fraunhofer ILT will be presenting a novel, compact and industry-ready plant concept to laser weld plastics using f...
Process Engineering |The research, reported in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), could yield valuable methods for making pharmaceuticals and other chemicals that require preci...
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