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IMAGE: Artists’ impression of quantum vortices in a liquid. These are the quantum equivalent of vortices in water or a tornado. Their interactions cause dynamics analogous to that of a cyclone. view more  Credit: Dr. Christopher Baker University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time, opening

IMAGE: Highly sensitive liquid metal-based soft pressure sensor integrated with 3D-printed microbump array. view more  Credit: KAIST Soft pressure sensors have received significant research attention in a variety of fields, including soft robotics, electronic skin, and wearable electronics. Wearable soft pressure sensors have great potential for the real-time health monitoring and for the early diagnosis of

IMAGE: The device allows researchers to mimic the environment inside the body to screen for better cancer screening drugs. view more  Credit: Kyoto University/Yokokawa Lab Japan — Kyoto University researchers have developed a new ‘tumor-on-a-chip’ device that can better mimic the environment inside the body, paving the way for improved screening of potential cancer fighting drugs.

IMAGE: This is the ear-EEG device. view more  Credit: AU Foto Researchers at the Department of Engineering are world leaders in brain measurement via a special device fitted in the ear like a hearing aid. The technology is called ear-EEG, and now the university has received a new grant to ensure further development of this Danish-designed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When there are just a few bits of cereal left floating on top of the milk, they tend to cluster together in the middle or around the edges of the bowl, rather than dispersing across

TROY, N.Y. — As the lithium-ion batteries that power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable. In research published recently in Energy Storage Materials, a team of engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrated how they could — by using aqueous electrolytes instead of the

Leading a double life as both solids and liquids, liquid crystals occupy center stage for creating smaller, faster and more efficient technologies. Even at the level of single particles, liquid crystals can bend light and react to external forces, like electric fields or physical pushes and pulls. And so, a tiny quantity of liquid crystals

IMAGE: Different views of the 3D-?printed miniature David (1 mm high) made of pure copper. view more  Credit: Giorgio Ercolano, Exaddon There he is, standing upon his pedestal: David by Michelangelo. A world-?famous statue that nearly every child can recognise. But this David is just 1 millimeter tall, pedestal included, and is made not of marble

IMAGE: Ali Abolmaali, view more  Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington and the city of Waxahachie are collaborating on robotic inspections of several miles of the city’s sewer pipelines. Ali Abolmaali, professor and chair of UTA’s Civil Engineering Department, will lead the pilot project, which will lead to estimates

Imagine swarms of robotic insects moving around us as they perform various tasks. It might sound like science fiction, but it’s actually more plausible than you might think. Researchers at EPFL’s School of Engineering have developed a soft robotic insect, propelled at 3 cm per second by artificial muscles. The team developed two versions of

IMAGE: The TEM image shows the superstructure which is created by doping of Bi2Te3 with manganese: Between the originally 5-atom-layer thick units (QL) new 7-atom-layer units are formed by self-organization in… view more  Credit: G. Springholz/Uni Linz New effects in solid-state physics are often first discovered at temperatures near absolute zero (0 Kelvin or -273 °C).

A lot can happen in a year, especially when it comes to science. As 2019 draws to a close, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, is highlighting the year’s biggest stories in chemistry, top research trends and important developments in a special issue. In addition, the magazine makes

Associate Professor Menglin Chen has received a major grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to develop a completely new method of regenerating brain and heart cells. The method uses water-based nanofibers coated with organic photovoltaic nanomaterials to create light controlled neural stimulating scaffolds inside the body. With a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation of DKK 4.2