Microsecond-pulsed, high-voltage non-thermal electric fields successfully killed resistant bacteria infecting experimentally induced burns in mice, reducing bacterial levels up to 10,000-fol... Read more
A new method for controlling fire could prevent air pollution from forming in the first place An emerging technology could offer a more efficient way of reducing air pollution from power pla... Read more
This discovery opens the door to applications in a wide range of fields, including medical, energy and electronics. Listen up nickel-titanium and all you other shape-memory alloys, there’s a... Read more
The ability to shrink laboratory-scale processes to automated chip-sized systems would revolutionize biotechnology and medicine. For example, inexpensive and highly portable devices that pro... Read more
The new method requires so little energy that it can run on a store-bought battery. By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater, chemists at The University of Texas... Read more
A new technique could help keep dust off of solar cells, a major obstacle that reduces the efficiency of photovoltaic panels. The technique, developed by Sergey Biryukov, a researcher at the... Read more
“This technique allows you to achieve ‘theoretical density,’ meaning it eliminates all of the porosity in the material” A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed a tech... Read more
Electric rocket engines known as Hall thrusters, which use a super high-velocity stream of ions to propel a spacecraft in space, have been used successfully onboard many missions for half a... Read more
The smallest gesture can hide a world of meaning. A particular flick of a baton and a beseeching gesture can transform the key moment of a concert from mundane to ethereal. Alas, computers a... Read more
The findings could dramatically alter the scale of medical devices implanted in the human body. A team of engineers at Stanford has demonstrated the feasibility of a super-small, implantable... Read more
First Proof of Ferroelectricity in Simplest Amino Acid The boundary between electronics and biology is blurring with the first detection by researchers at Department of Energy’s Oak Ri... Read more
It’s a great piece of basic science Not long after the development of the first laser in 1960 scientists discovered that shining a beam through certain crystals produced light of a dif... Read more
A watched pot never boils, but an electrically charged pot sometimes freezes. A study in the Feb. 5 Science reports that water can freeze at different temperatures depending on whether the s... Read more
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to shape ceramics using a modest electric field, making the process significantly more energy efficient. The process... Read more