We have recently learned that the high levels of carbon dioxide we breathe for extended periods inside planes can cause neurological problems.
Skin-Mounted Microfluidics Analyze Biomarkers in Sweat
A wearable soft microfluidic device with sequentially filling reservoirs can collect, store, and analyze sweat in situ from almost any part of the body.
Self-Sensing Polymer Composites
Strain-sensitive ‘smart’ materials that can monitor their own strain and internal damage state.
Copper Nanowire Hedgehogs: Nature-Inspired SERS Substrates
A broadband visible-light-driven photocatalytic SERS platform with the CuO nanowires (NWs)/Cu2O hetero-nanostructures as the backbone.
Wind Power within European Grid Codes: Evolution, Status and Outlook
Today, wind power plant developers and wind turbine manufacturers increasingly face power system stability support requirements similar to conventional power stations. These new requirements intend to make wind power plant behavior more similar to conventional power stations.
Deep Brain Stimulation Therapies in Parkinson’s Disease
From individual neuron models to cutting-edge control approaches, the evolution of computer methods for deep brain simulation (DBS) can lead to personalized DBS therapy.
A Hybrid Pairing: Inorganic 2D Materials and Molecules
The many possibilties of hybrid organic/inorganic van der Waals heterostructure systems where highly-ordered (supra)molecular layers are interfaced with inorganic 2D materials are discussed.
The Superlubric Behavior of Graphene [Video]
Professor Peter Coveney and co-workers from University College London elucidate the process that drives the exfoliation of graphite into graphene sheets using molecular dynamic simulations.
Laser Spectroscopy Diagnoses Freshness and Fertilization of Hen Egg
A team of Chinese researchers used a GASMAS optical spectroscopy technique to study the degree of freshness of unfertilized eggs and to distinguish unfertilized eggs from fertilized eggs.
Advanced Composite Material Technology
TenCate Advanced Composites show new composite material technology for aerospace and high performance industrial markets.