 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
November 24/December 1, 2008
Microrobot takes cue from nature
Make a tiny octopus from the right type of rubber and you have a prototype microrobot that works in watery environments. [more]
Nanotubes crank out tunes
Attach
electrodes to an ultrathin sheet of carbon nanotubes and you have a simple,
lightweight, transparent and flexible loudspeaker. [more]
Chaotic lasers encrypt fast data
Measure the rapidly and randomly fluctuating light of a pair of chaotic lasers and you can encrypt secret high-speed communications. [more]
Curves bring invisibility into focus
Map the mathematics of invisibility onto curved shapes and you have a route to making invisibility cloaks that work across a wide range of light wavelengths. [more]
Silk builds bone
Meld silk and calcium and you have an artificial bone material that does a good job of approximating the real thing. [more]
FEATURES
View from the High Ground
Email conversations with researchers in high places.
How It Works
Get the nitty-gritty on nanotechnology, biochips, self-assembly, DNA technologies, quantum cryptography, and more.
Blog RSS feed
Energy Research News
| RESEARCH
WATCH November 21st, 2008 Science news roundup: mind speaking, pot memory and laser hearing Interesting news from around the science press: A locked-in syndrome patient with an electrode implanted in his brain was able to control a speech synthesizer with his thoughts... [more] November 18, 2008 Biofuels debate |
| "Physics
is to the rest of science what machine tools are to engineering. A
corollary is that science places power in our hands which can be used
for good or ill. Technology has been abused in this way throughout
the ages from gunpowder to atomic bombs." - John Pendry, Imperial College London |
Thanks to Kevin from
GoldBamboo.com
for technical support