Try on any virtual reality headset and within a few minutes the sense of wonder might wear off and leave you with a headache or a topsy-turvy stomach. Computational imaging experts say…
MIT developed a biochemical sensor for cancer treatments
In the battle against cancer, which kills nearly 8 million people worldwide each year, doctors have in their arsenal many powerful weapons, including various forms of chemotherapy and radiation. What they lack,…
New solar flow battery achieves 20% energy savings over traditional batteries
After debuting the world’s first solar air battery last fall, researchers at The Ohio State University have now reached a new milestone. Researchers at The Ohio State University have invented the prototype…
Oil or fat droplets turn cells into tiny lasers
Harvard researchers have made pig-skin lasers. The technology, outlined in a paper published in Nature Photonics, showed that pumping light into fat cells could turn them into tiny, self-contained lasers. Researchers have…
Small tilt in nanomagnets makes them viable memory chips
UC Berkeley researchers have discovered a new way to switch the polarization of nanomagnets, paving the way for high-density storage to move from hard disks onto integrated circuits. The research is reported…