James Dyson Award invites entries from problem-solvers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE James Dyson Award is now open for entries, giving students and recent graduates of engineering and design a unique opportunity to showcase their problem solving inventions on a global stage. James Dyson Award is an international annual competition to inspire the next gen of Engineering and Design students or graduates to enter their ideas […]
Spider silk key to new bone-fixing composite
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITY of Connecticut researchers have created a biodegradable composite made of silk fibers that can be used to repair broken load-bearing bones without the complications sometimes presented by other materials. Repairing major load-bearing bones such as those in the leg can be a long and uncomfortable process. To facilitate repair, doctors may install a metal […]
Neutrons help in the fight against antibiotic resistance
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE discovery of penicillin almost 90 years ago ushered in the age of modern antibiotics, but the growth of antibiotic resistance means bacterial infections like pneumonia and tuberculosis are becoming more difficult to treat. Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists’ enzyme research may lead to drugs that will combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. ORNL has found that antibiotics […]
How does a lie detector work?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIF you’re like most people, lying makes your heart race. It makes you pant. It drives up your blood pressure and makes you drip sweat. A polygraph machine detects lies by looking for signs of these physiological changes. The goal of a lie detector is to see if the person is telling the truth or […]
Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded research
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural tissue. The breakthrough material may lead to autonomous soft robotics, dual sensors and actuators for soft exoskeletons, or artificial skins. The research lays the foundations for futuristic soft active matter […]
Cancer-fighting nanorobots seek and destroy tumors
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN a major advancement in nanomedicine, Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumors by cutting off their blood supply. “We have developed the first fully autonomous, DNA robotic system for a very […]
SELF-DRIVING ROBOT.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the first time, scientists from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) will deploy a small fleet of long-range autonomous underwater vehicles (LRAUVs) that have the ability to collect and archive seawater samples automatically. Edward DeLong and David Karl, oceanography professors in the UH Mānoa […]
HEMOR repels mosquitoes, doubles as house ornament
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY AZMAN ZAKARIA SERDANG: Not only it chases mosquitoes away, HEMOR (Sustainable Herbal Mosquito Lamp Repellent), a device invented by a team of researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), is also a form of ornament which can inject interesting and exciting elements into a house. The aroma that it releases is refreshing to humans but […]
NEW FORM OF ELECTRONIC MATTER…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers have produced a “human scale” demonstration of a new phase of matter called quadrupole topological insulators that was recently predicted using theoretical physics. These are the first experimental findings to validate this theory. The researchers report their findings in the journal Nature. The team’s work with QTIs was born out of the decadeold understanding […]
Patenting biotech inventions
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY P. KANDIAH & SHARMILA PALANYANDY IN recent years, research and development in biotechnology field, especially in medicine and agricultural biotechnology is emerging rapidly. Researchers are encouraged to patent their inventions in order to commercialise their inventions and enjoy the benefits obtained thereafter. Mostly, biotechnology inventions are associated with materials present in nature which require […]