In a paper accepted for publication in the American Institute of Physics’ journal Review of Scientific Instruments, researchers from the Technical University…
University of Washington engineers and NanoFacture, a Bellevue, Wash., company, have created a device that can extract human DNA from fluid samples in a…
“We have invented a drive-through Streamlined Heavy-duty Emissions Test (SHED) which measures all the pollutants of importance in mass emissions units—the…
Due to the low level of soil fertility and the limited availability of water, the food situation in Africa is more serious than on any other continent….
For her investigation, the sociologist and gender researcher Dr. Diana Baumgarten conducted a detailed evaluation of long interviews with eight fathers between…
The invention describes a micro-structured foil with optical functionality which is able to create a magnified image and/or to redirect the field of view.Further Information: …
When Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) marine paleoecologist Marco Coolen was mining through vast amounts of genetic data from the Black Sea sediment…
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball, or C60, and to drive motion of the so-called…
Silicon-based semiconductors have played significant roles in signal processing, nerve stimulation, memory storage, and wireless communication in implantable…
A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information…
“We have developed a unique approach for the synthesis of highly uniform icosahedral nanoparticles made of platinum (Pt),” explained Hong Yang, a professor of…
The “heart patch” grown in the laboratory from human cells overcomes two major obstacles facing cell-based therapies – the patch conducts electricity at about…
PVI (or Power Vehicle Innovation) will present WATT System at the UITP World Congress and Exhibition (Stand 4C450). WATT System is an innovative solution for a…
Up to eighty geometric features, such as radial and axial runout, width and diameter, relevant to vehicles wheels’ function are inspected before they are…
Previous scientific studies have suggested that women who use a copper IUD for contraception suffer from worse period pain, but a study at the Sahlgrenska…
Allergies are very common in industrialized countries. It has been suggested that exposure to harmless bacteria during infancy may be protective against the…