University of Adelaide researchers are using new magnetic materials to develop revolutionary electrical motors and generators which promise significant energy savings. They have used the new... Read more
A revolutionary new micro-scale device with no mechanical parts. RMIT University researchers in Melbourne, Australia, have developed the world’s first liquid metal enabled pump, a revo... 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
DARPA-funded researchers recently demonstrated the world’s smallest vacuum pumps. This breakthrough technology may create new national security applications for electronics and sensors that... Read more
Using the same devious mechanism that enables some bacteria to shrug off powerful antibiotics, scientists have developed solar-powered nanofilters that remove antibiotics from the water in l... Read more
Could algae that feast on wastewater produce clean bio-fuels and a healthful supply of fish food? Can impoverished African community gardeners learn to use and maintain a simple centuries-ol... Read more
Would eliminate the need to send samples to central labs and wait for the result In an advance toward analyzing blood and urine instantly at a patient’s bedside instead of waiting for result... Read more
It could be a disposable transdermal pump. Researchers have created a new type of miniature pump activated by body heat that could be used in drug-delivery patches powered by fermentation. T... Read more
Will be broadly applicable to the reverse engineering of muscular organs in humans. Having roamed the seas for at least 500 million years and holding the title of the oldest multi-organ anim... Read more
The new Trilogy 40 Q-Mode™ could save about 60% of annual energy use The Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with ClimateMaster, has developed a highly ef... Read more
Boy am I really starting to hate that Chicken Little It looks like Chicken Little may have gotten it right after all. This time, the proverbial sky may actually be falling. According... Read more