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Chemical "Fingerprint" Identifies Bogus Spanish Spice
Analysis revealed that 26 of 44 samples were neither grown nor processed in Spain.
Vertical Charge Transport Achieved in Semiconducting Polymer
The researchers say the process is easy to replicate and inexpensive, opening the door to applications in organic opto-electronic devices and more.
Patent for Material Monitoring During Manufacturing
The technique could reduce the cost of producing materials in a variety of industries, especially in high-throughput environments, such as roll-to-roll processing facilities.
Coming Soon: Computer Display on Contact Lenses
The film can be used for a range of applications, from sensors that measure glucose levels in the blood, to electronic displays that can be worn directly in the eye.
Partial Water Pipe Replacement Ups Health Risk: Study
If pipe replacements are to be done in response to lead contamination, half measures can create a greater problem than doing nothing, researchers say.
Lower-Cost Solar Cells Without Doping
The study demonstrated a dopant-free silicon cell with an average efficiency above 19%.
Marine Worm Inspires Wet Glue
Sandcastle worms secrete an adhesive to build a tube reef in intertidal environments where wind and wave velocity often exceed 25 meters per second.
Hydrogen Plasma Achieved in German Stellarator
The initial experimentation phase will last till mid-March.
3D-Printed Hypersonic Engine Combustor Successfully Tested
A scramjet combustor is one of the mission-critical components of the propulsion system, responsible for housing and maintaining stable combustion within an extremely volatile environment.
Standing Up to the Perfect Storm
Place a 1/50th scale model in the test basin at the University of Maine, and engineers can simulate winds of more than 200 mph and waves as high as 115 ft.
DARPA Project Aims to Bridge the Bio-Electronic Divide
NESD aims to develop systems that can communicate with any of up to one million neurons in a given region of the brain.
Printing Shapeshifting Hydrogels in 4D
Inspired by plants, the 4D-printed hydrogel composite structures change shape when immersed in water.
Cornell Creates Self-Assembled Superconductor
The research is an effort to achieve superconductivity at higher temperatures.
95% of Diesel Cars Exceed EU NOx Limits: Consumer Group
Consumer group says that 95% of diesel cars and 10% of gasoline-powered cars emit more nitrogen oxide than EU limits allow.
NREL Launches Sustainable Mobility Initiative
The laboratory’s initiative looks at transportation as an integrated system, where travelers and transportation resources are seen as a dynamic network.
Scientists Create Process for Circular Polarization
The goal is to create a portable sensor device that could be worn by cancer patients to quickly analyze blood samples.
Marvin Minsky, “Father of Artificial Intelligence,” Dies at 88
Minsky was a pioneering thinker and a foremost expert on the theory of artificial intelligence.
China Second to U.S. in R&D Investment, Closing Fast
China ramped up its investments at an average rate of 19.5% annually and now accounts for 20% of global R&D.
Researchers Develop an Epoxy Coating That Reports Stress
Epoxy capsules rupture at the slightest damage, then react with a resin to change the color of the polymer, showing the area affected.
Solid Material Can Be Cracked, Then Heal Itself
Other types of “self-healing” materials encapsulate liquid in solid shells that leak their healing contents when cracked.