Inspired by the mammalian eye, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive, flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
Selective Laser Melting of Titanium Materials for Biomedical Applications
This paper reviews the recent progresses in selective laser melting of titanium alloys and titanium matrix composites for biomedical applications.
An all-around motion sensor from graphene fiber
Researchers in China make a stretchable graphene-based motion sensor that can monitor all types of human activities with ultrahigh sensitivity.
3-D printed rocket engine
Successful NASA rocket fuel pump tests pave the way for 3-D printed demonstrator engine.
20 billion switches on a fingernail-sized chip
A development alliance produced the semiconductor industry’s first 7nm node test chips with functioning transistors.
When polymer reaction engineers play dice
In a recent Review article, Canadian and Brazilian researchers demonstrate applications of Monte Carlo models in polymer reacting engineering
Eureka moments in Nanochemistry – 2015 Centenary Award
Professor Geoff Ozin has received an RSC Centenary Award – we asked for his thoughts on the research that brought him here.
Neurophotonics: In Pursuit of an Inorganic Brain
Mimicking the ultra-efficient organic human brain using inorganic structures is brought a step closer to reality with metal-sulphide microfibers.
Molecular arithmetic operations on a single DNA platform
Diverse advanced logic circuits are fabricated to implement arithmetic functions based on a simple and single molecular beacon platform.
Cutting diamonds with laser lamps
Lasers cut diamonds more precisely and some say more beautiful compared to the traditional method.