Search results for microsystem

Social Sciences Jun 29, 2018

Player-only villages on college campuses could hinder student development

"If you build it, they will come" seems to be the mantra of top football programs around the country that have invested in the creation of exclusive player-only villages. Coaches are behind the concept of the "Athletic Village," ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 28, 2018

Researchers report first nanostructured material for broad mixing of light waves

A multicolor laser pointer you can use to change the color of the laser with a button click—similar to a multicolor ballpoint pen—is one step closer to reality thanks to a new tiny synthetic material made at Sandia National ...

Engineering Jun 27, 2018

Tiny sensors may avert earthquake damage, track sonar danger, 'listen' to pipelines

Could a few seconds of warning be enough to mitigate the devastation of an impending earthquake? Tiny sensors being developed in a Simon Fraser University lab could help to give a pre-emptive head's up, enough to secure critical ...

Condensed Matter Jun 18, 2018

Diamond watch components

SNSF-funded researchers have developed a new technique for carving materials to create micromechanical systems. In particular, they have created a miniscule watch component out of synthetic single-crystal diamond.

Soft Matter May 22, 2018

Capillary flow is harnessed for the first time

You may never have heard of the capillary effect, but it's something you deal with every time you wipe up a spill or put flowers in water. Wouter van der Wijngaart has spent most of his life contemplating this phenomenon, ...

General Physics May 18, 2018

Robotic assembly of the world's smallest house—even a mite doesn't fit through the door

A French nanorobotics team from the Femto-ST Institute in Besançon, France, assembled a new microrobotics system that pushes forward the frontiers of optical nanotechnologies. Combining several existing technologies, the ...

Analytical Chemistry May 16, 2018

Flowing cells in a wavy microchannel for effective size-based cell sorting

Nearly a half-century ago, scientists noticed that small particles flowing through a long tube can stay at a specific position along the cross-section of a tube. This is known as inertial focusing. Later, along with the development ...

Engineering Apr 25, 2018

A step toward faster, more accurate breast cancer detection

Over the course of her lifetime, a woman has a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer. The earlier the cancer is detected, the more likely bad luck can turn to good.

Nanophysics Apr 13, 2018

The raw power of human motion

Autonomy is a much-anticipated feature of next-generation microsystems, such as remote sensors, wearable electronic gadgets, implantable biosensors and nanorobots. KAUST researchers led by Husam Alshareef, Jr-Hau He and Khaled ...

Business Mar 27, 2018

Oracle's big-money case against Google gets new life

An appeals court on Tuesday gave Oracle another shot at wringing billions of dollars from Google in a keenly watched legal battle over the use of freely available Java software code.

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