Articles Posted in the Matter – Energy Category
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Bionic Eye in Sight: Wide-View Neurostimulator Concept Unveiled
Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) has unveiled its wide-view neurostimulator concept — a bionic eye that will be implanted into Australia’s first recipient of the technology. The prototype bionic eye, developed by BVA researchers at the…
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Preventing Road Deaths: New Research Focuses on Worldwide Problem
A recent WHO report on inadequate road safety opened with some stark figures: 1.2 million deaths and up to 50 million nonfatal injuries occur every year on the world’s roads. In keeping with the aim…
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Your Fat May Help You Heal: Researcher Extracts Natural Scaffold for Tissue Growth
It frequently happens in science that what you throw away turns out to be most valuable. It happened to Deepak Nagrath, but not for long. The Rice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering was…
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Electronic Assistant to Detect Stress
ETH-Zurich researchers are developing electronic stress assistants that are supposed to monitor stress levels in everyday life — a step towards preventing burnout and depression more effectively. In principle stress is a healthy reaction. In…
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Mastery of Rare-Earth Elements Vital to America’s Security
Karl A. Gschneidner Jr., a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, recently cautioned members of a Congressional panel that “rare-earth research in the USA on mineral extraction, rare-earth separation, processing of…
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Scientists Transform Polyethylene Into a Heat-Conducting Material
Most polymers — materials made of long, chain-like molecules — are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene,…
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New Way of Producing Electricity With Nanotubes Discovered
A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead to a new…
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Monuments Monitored from a Distance
A team of engineers from the University of Seville (US) has created a system for monitoring historical monuments by remote control and detecting possible damage. Five years ago the researchers placed various sensors on the…
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Consumers Don’t Want Wallet Phones; Airline, Movie Tickets on Cell Phones More Acceptable
Of the things users expect their cell phones to be — address book, calendar, camera, music player — a wallet isn’t one of them, according to research by a Kansas State University marketing professor. Cell…
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Quantum Leap for Phonon Lasers
Physicists have taken major step forward in the development of practical phonon lasers, which emit sound in much the same way that optical lasers emit light. The development should lead to new, high-resolution imaging devices…