(Phys.org) —When you squeeze something, it gets smaller. Unless you're at Argonne National Laboratory.

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jun 12, 2013 5 / 5 (23) 5 |

A safer and healthier old age – that is the aim of GiraffPlus, an international project led by researchers at Örebro University, Sweden. With a focus of developing sophisticated aids for the elderly in ...

Technology - Engineering

Jun 11, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are becoming a global problem for the U.S. armed forces. To prevent injuries to soldiers and provide better care to those who are injured, the U.S. military ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —What use is a hand without nerves, that can't tell what it's holding? A hand that lifts a can of soda to your lips, but inadvertently tips or crushes it in the process?

Technology - Engineering

Apr 18, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers from North Carolina State University have come up with a low-cost way to enhance a polymer called MEH-PPV's ability to confine light, advancing efforts to use the material to convert electricity ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A network of seismographic stations recorded spectacular signals from the blast waves of the meteor that landed near Chelyabinsk, Russia, as the waves crossed the United States.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0

(Phys.org)—They can absorb vast amounts of oil or organic compounds, yet they are nearly as light as air: highly porous solids made of a three-dimensional network of carbon nanotubes. In the journal Angewandte Ch ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

The next advance in weather forecasting may not come from a new satellite or supercomputer, but from a device in your pocket. University of Washington atmospheric scientists are using pressure sensors included ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Applications as diverse as oil-well drilling and robot-driven surgery are driving demand for improved micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors. As they are made smaller, however, simultaneously ...

Technology - Engineering

Jan 02, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—A research team made up of members from Switzerland, France and Belgium has discovered that the scales on the heads of crocodiles are not arranged due to genetics but come about because of cracking ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 30, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—The Toronto-based company Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation has announced that its Ubi is now available for pre-order. Ubi, a Kickstarter project, was named to serve as a shorthand reminder ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 04, 2012 4 / 5 (5) 9 |

European roads should be safer from Thursday when a whole slew of new safety rules come into force, part of efforts to cut auto accident deaths by 50 percent by 2020.

Technology - Other

Nov 01, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Preliminary weather reports from the Curiosity's Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS) are showing some surprisingly mild temperatures during the day. Average daytime air temperatures ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 28, 2012 4.9 / 5 (9) 0 |

The flurry of rumors and reports surrounding Apple's upcoming iPhone launch have left little to the imagination about what Apple will actually announce Wednesday, but I'm still hoping for a few surprises.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 12, 2012 1 / 5 (4) 0