Search results for microelectromechanical systems

Engineering Mar 3, 2014

Biosensor based on a microelectromechanical system integrated with a photodetector

Label-free biosensors can be applied in many processes such as rapid diagnosis, tailor-made medication, and drug discovery. Label-free microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based sensors detect target molecules by measuring ...

Engineering Jan 15, 2014

Microtechnology: Double-layer capping solves two problems

Continual downsizing of technology means that researchers have to develop ever more ingenious methods of packaging and protecting their tiny devices. Jae-Wung Lee and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics, ...

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 5, 2014

Wave of wearable gadgets expected at CES event

(AP)—Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off?

Astronomy Dec 16, 2013

Innovative instrument probes close binary stars, may soon image exoplanets

A new instrument that combines two high-resolution telescope techniques – adaptive optics and interferometry – has for the first time distinguished and studied the individual stars in a nearby binary star system, demonstrating ...

Nanophysics Dec 9, 2013

Researchers report nanoscale energy-efficient switching devices

By relentlessly miniaturizing a pre-World War II computer technology, and combining this with a new and durable material, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have built nanoscale switches and logic gates that operate ...

Engineering Dec 4, 2013

New chip provides better bioimaging performance

A microelectromechanical system developed in Singapore provides the 360-degree view that is critical in diagnostic imaging.

General Physics Dec 4, 2013

Manipulating electron spin mechanically

(Phys.org) —Contrary to many textbook illustrations, electrons aren't just balls floating around an atom. In quantum theory, they're more like little tops, exhibiting "spin," and each creating its own tiny magnetic field.

Nanophysics Nov 18, 2013

Engineers make world's smallest FM radio transmitter

A team of Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor James Hone and Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Shepard, has taken advantage of graphene's special properties—its mechanical strength ...

Plasma Physics Nov 1, 2013

Plasma and nanotechnology applications through maths

Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, alongside solid, liquid and gas. Ubiquitous in form, plasma is an ionised gas so energised that electrons have the capacity to break free from their nucleus.

Optics & Photonics Oct 24, 2013

Tiny sensors put the squeeze on light

Microelectromechanical systems, known as MEMS, are ubiquitous in modern military systems such as gyroscopes for navigation, tiny microphones for lightweight radios, and medical biosensors for assessing the wounded. Such applications ...

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