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…
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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…
MIT’s robotic gripper can adjust its grip using the environment
Most robots on a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform simple maneuvers, such as grabbing an object, and placing it somewhere else…
Microsoft Windows 10 updates
Friday, July 31, 2015., Microsoft made its new operating system Windows 10 available from July 29, 2015 to customers in over 190 markets. Microsoft reported that Windows 10 had been installed on…
Robotic insect that can jump off of water’s surface
The concept of walking on water might sound supernatural, but in fact it is a quite natural phenomenon. Many small living creatures leverage water’s surface tension to maneuver themselves around. One of…