Cooling panels send sun’s heat back to space
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have developed a new type of solar structure that can cool buildings in full sunlight. Continue…
Monday, April 15, 2013 10:25 - 1 Comment
Top Stories - Apr 11, 2013 11:06 - 0 Comments
Hydrogel turns mouse brain transparent
STANFORD (US) — A new technique can make a mouse brain transparent, allowing researchers to probe its intact wiring and structures with light and chemicals. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 14, 2013 8:15 - 2 Comments
‘Ultimate’ endoscope as thin as a human hair
STANFORD (US) — A new prototype, single-fiber endoscope has a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 18, 2013 15:32 - 0 Comments
Tiny probe beams light into single cell
STANFORD (US) — Very small, sophisticated devices known as light resonators can be inserted inside cells without damaging them, a new study proves. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 6, 2012 10:46 - 1 Comment
New photon control cuts the ‘backscatter’
STANFORD (US) — A new device produces a synthetic magnetism to exert virtual force on photons similar to the effect of magnets on electrons. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 11, 2012 11:32 - 1 Comment
No lack of wind for energy, computer model shows
STANFORD (US) — If the world shifts to clean energy, wind-generated electricity will play a big role—and there is more than enough wind for that, according to new research. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 5, 2012 11:45 - 0 Comments
Radio waves power tiny heart implant
STANFORD (US) — A tiny, wireless heart device could dramatically alter the scale of medical implants. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2012 15:36 - 0 Comments
Tiny machines: Team ‘sees’ forces in living cells
STANFORD (US) — Researchers were able to measure—and to literally see—the mechanical forces at play between and within living cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 11, 2012 11:37 - 3 Comments
Neurons send ‘rhythmic signals’ down spine
STANFORD (US) — In a surprising finding, researchers have proposed a new model that says motor neurons send basic rhythmic patterns down the spine to drive movement. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 23, 2012 13:27 - 0 Comments
Engineers use cloak to hide light detector
STANFORD (US) — For the first time engineers have used “plasmonic cloaking” to create a device that can see without being seen. (more…)
Top Stories - May 22, 2012 14:55 - 5 Comments
Rewritable digital data stored in live DNA
STANFORD (US) — Bioengineers have developed a way to repeatedly encode, store, and erase digital data within the DNA of living cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 1, 2012 11:15 - 1 Comment
Metal bits boost nanowire surface area
STANFORD (US) — A new method increases the surface area of nanowires by “decorating” them with sinuous chains of metal oxide or noble metal nanoparticles. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 4, 2012 15:24 - 1 Comment
Give graphene a squeeze to get electricity
STANFORD (US) — To the long list of exceptional physical properties of graphene, engineers have added yet another: piezoelectricity. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 3, 2012 14:10 - 1 Comment
Follow model to catch offshore winds
STANFORD (US) — Sophisticated weather models are helping engineers find the best place for a grid of wind farms off the east coast of the US. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 30, 2012 14:56 - 0 Comments
Plasmon ripples hide in smallest metals
STANFORD (US) — The discovery that plasmon resonance occurs at very small scales could lead to improved solar catalysis and targeted cancer treatments. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 23, 2012 11:35 - 0 Comments
Swimming in blood, implant travels the body
STANFORD (US) — A new implant can propel itself though the bloodstream without batteries or wires and is small enough to fit through blood vessels. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 15, 2012 12:29 - 0 Comments
In a flash, light turns nanowires into mesh
STANFORD (US) — The ability to weld nano-sized wires with just a blast of light could lead to advances in electronics and solar applications. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 9, 2012 13:25 - 0 Comments
Nanospheres trap light and hold on longer
STANFORD (US) — Engineers have created photovoltaic nanoshells that harness a peculiar physical phenomenon to better trap light. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 6, 2012 8:10 - 1 Comment
‘Pack’ semiconductors to boost efficiency
STANFORD (US) — A new way of packing molecules could boost the electrical conductivity of organic semiconductors, paving the way for foldable smartphones and clothing that uses sunlight to charge iPads. (more…)
