Graphene is the first truly two-dimensional crystal, which was obtained experimentally and investigated regarding its unique chemical and physical properties….
Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne have helped crack the code to ultra-secure telecommunications of the future in an international research project…
However, a group of researchers at Vanderbilt University report in the Nov. 11 issue of the journal ACS Nano that they have found a way to overcome this…
The approach companies take to product development is frequently fragmented and not very coordinated. The parties involved work with a wide range of methods…
Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer, a team of bioengineers at Rice University and surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania have created an implant with…
Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever…
International team of researchers from Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Australian National University in Canberra created an ultrafast all-optical…
The system is based on a concept called “spring-mass” walking that was theorized less than a decade ago, and combines passive dynamics of a mechanical system…
It is fascinating to observe a robot exploring its physical possibilities and surroundings, and subsequently developing different self-taught behaviors without…
Tractor beams are mysterious rays that can grab and lift objects. The concept has been used by science-fiction writers, and programmes like Star Trek, but has…
By putting real persons in regular cars and letting them drive around in Gothenburg while talking to each other, Jessica Villing has explored how the…
Five months after the laying of the foundation stone the topping out ceremony for the new training and coaching centre was able to take place on 23rd October…
In 1939, a Russian engineer proposed a “flying submarine” — a vehicle that can seamlessly transition from air to water and back again. While it may sound like…
A report that resulted from a workshop jointly funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and National Science Foundation (NSF) outlines key…
Two IT giants, Intel and HP, have entered a race to produce a commercial version of memristors, a new electronics component that could one day replace flash…
Calculating global social, economic and ecological developments as well as more efficiency in high-performance computing is the main focus of two “Centres of…