Millions of tons of food are thrown away each year because the 'best before' date has passed. But this date is always a cautious estimate, which means a lot of still-edible food is thrown away. Wouldn't it be handy if the ...
Engineering
Feb 27, 2013
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NIMS researchers have succeeded for the first time in the world in real-time analysis of the "polymer wrapping" process by which polymers (polymers of molecules) wrap around single-walled carbon nanotubes, which are a next-generation ...
Polymers
Feb 26, 2013
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Magnetism and electricity are two of the fundamental forces of nature. Combining them in a single multiferroic material in which one controls the other is not only of basic interest, but also relevant for practical applications. ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 22, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Visiting professor Adam Aviv and a team of colleagues from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, has found that studying the way a smartphone responds to being tapped as a person types in a PIN number, can help ...
The sophisticated electronics used by warfighters in everything from radios, remote sensors and even phones can now be made at such a low cost that they are pervasive throughout the battlefield. These electronics have become ...
Engineering
Jan 29, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular scale, holds great promise for everything from incredibly fast computers to chemical sensors that can sniff out cancer cells. But how does ...
Nanophysics
Jan 11, 2013
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By taking a "bottom-up" approach, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have observed for the first time that "size does matter" in regards "pyroelectricity"—the current/voltage developed in response ...
Nanophysics
Jan 8, 2013
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LG Electronics will showcase its newest square robotic vacuum cleaner in a most creative fashion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from January 8-11 in Las Vegas.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 2, 2013
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In a discovery with applications ranging from hair dyeing to electronic sensors to development of materials with improved properties, scientists are reporting the first synthesis of gold nanoparticles inside human hairs. ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 5, 2012
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Electrical engineers at Oregon State University have developed new technology to monitor medical vital signs, with sophisticated sensors so small and cheap they could fit onto a bandage, be manufactured in high volumes and ...
Engineering
Nov 15, 2012
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