Casimir forces: 21 is not always 3 (w/video)

In the microworld unity is not always strength.

Cellphone principles help microfluidic chip digitize information on living cells (w/video)

Phone calls and text messages reach you wherever you are because your phone has a unique identifying number that sets you apart from everybody else on the network. Researchers are using a similar principle to track cells being sorted on microfluidic chips.

System creates on-demand 'nanotube forests'

A system that uses a laser and electrical current to precisely position and align carbon nanotubes represents a potential new tool for creating electronic devices out of the tiny fibers.

Smart printed sensors monitor movement sequences

A novel transparent sensor material enables movement measuring sensors to be printed onto textiles.

Chemists create battery technology with off-the-charts charging capacity

Researchers have invented nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require replacement.

New material combines useful typically incompatible properties

Most materials are capable of being only one thing at a time, but a team of engineers and physicists have created an entirely new material in which completely contradictory properties can coexist.

With simple process engineers fabricate fastest flexible silicon transistor

Researchers have fabricated a transistor that operates at a record 38 gigahertz, though their simulations show it could be capable of operating at a mind-boggling 110 gigahertz.