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General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 21, 2019

New way to make micro-sensors may revolutionize future of electronics

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York researchers have found a way to improve the performance of tiny sensors that could have wide-reaching implications for electronic devices we use every day.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics May 16, 2019

Balancing the beam: Thermomechanical micromachine detects terahertz radiation

Radiation from many parts of the electromagnetic spectrum has been harnessed for extremely beneficial uses, in fields as diverse as medicine, imaging and photography, and astronomy. However, the terahertz (THz) region of ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Apr 23, 2019

Atomic beams shoot straighter via cascading silicon peashooters

To a non-physicist, an "atomic beam collimator" may sound like a phaser firing mystical particles. That might not be the worst metaphor to introduce a technology that researchers have now miniaturized, making it more likely ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 15, 2019

Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems

A research team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed a method to construct a biohybrid system that incorporates Vorticella microorganisms. The method allows movable ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 9, 2019

This compact and cheap lidar could steer small autonomous vehicles

Researchers in Sweden have developed cheaper, lighter and more efficient lidar technology that could pave the way for smaller autonomous craft such as drones and robots, and help enable better profitability in the vehicle ...

Materials Science Mar 4, 2019

Interdisciplinary collaboration yields hardest, thinnest coatings yet discovered

Eventually, your phone charger is going to die.

Materials Science Feb 14, 2019

3-D experiments shed new light on shape memory alloys

Shape memory alloys are well known for their remarkable properties—superelasticity, shape memory and actuation allow them to be crumpled up and then spring back to a "remembered" original shape.

Optics & Photonics Feb 4, 2019

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) – longer wavelengths can improve imaging depths

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a light-based imaging technique currently used in clinical diagnostics to examine organs in vivo. The technique uses interferometry; in which light reflected from an examined object combines ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jan 3, 2019

Researchers design a more durable MEMS switch

Researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a way to make cell phones and power lines more durable. 

Nanomaterials Jan 3, 2019

Glassy carbon microneedles: A new transdermal drug delivery device

Microneedles are designed to infuse medications transdermally (through the skin) and relatively painlessly during clinical applications. In a recent study, Richa Mishra and her colleagues developed a new technique to convert ...

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