Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland have developed new “sensing skin” technology designed to serve as an early warning system for concrete... Read more
That they have the potential to produce cheaper electricity than coal-fired generators can SUNLIGHT is free, but that is no reason to waste it. Yet even the best silicon solar cells—by far t... Read more
“This opens the door to a much wider range of biocompatible implant materials” Researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Las... Read more
IN 1982, polls showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created human beings in their present form. Thirty years later, the fraction of the population who are creationists is 46... Read more
Unlike most CNC machines, Handibot is portable North Carolina-based ShopBot Tools has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring its Handibot prototype to market. Handibot is a CNC machine whi... Read more
As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees’ very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the... Read more
A device based on scattered silver cubes could scale up light absorption for solar power Just sprinkle on and harvest light — that is the procedure with nanoscale cubes of silver that could... Read more
Their improved compound removes the bacteria’s antibiotic resistance Researchers from North Carolina State University have increased the potency of a compound that reactivates antibiotics ag... Read more
GeS is relatively inexpensive and non-toxic. Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) – a semiconductor material –... Read more
Using the body’s cells and letting the body itself do most of the work Andemariam Beyene sat by the hospital window, the low Arctic sun on his face, and talked about the time he thought he w... Read more
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses an electronic interface to remotely control, or steer, cockroaches. “Our aim was to determine whether we... Read more
Why androids are scary ARTIFICIALLY created beings, whether they be drawn or sculpted, are warmly accepted by viewers when they are distinctively inhuman. As their appearances are mad... Read more
A small “picoprojector” could be embedded in a smartphone, tablet or other device. Researchers from North Carolina State University and ImagineOptix Corporation have developed new technology... Read more
University of North Carolina scientists have uncovered a new strategy that may one day help people with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder better clear the thick and... Read more
This technology is a game changer in exposure health studies For decades now, scientists have been monitoring air pollution in order to better understand how atmospheric contaminants affect... Read more
