Thinking developed in childhood makes people vulnerable, researchers say Thought processes and belief systems that people develop early in life to help protect against the anxiety and stress... Read more
A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices. The low-cost process, developed... Read more
Every year, more than one in three individuals aged 65 and older will experience a fall. Falls are the most common cause of injury in older adults, and can create ongoing health problems. Bu... Read more
A multifunctional, multiscale, reconfigurable surface An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a dynamic surface with reconfigurable topography that ca... Read more
Magnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, jump, and play catch MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like... Read more
Columbia computer scientists invent FontCode, a way to embed hidden information in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing the shapes of fonts in text. Method could prevent document tamperin... Read more
Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of their designs. Two and a half years ago, a team of researchers led by groups... Read more
With at least two in three Australians diagnosed with skin cancer before the age of 70, monitoring moles and skin is vital in detecting skin cancer early for a generation of people who spent... Read more
Researchers have designed a “fire alarm wallpaper” made of environmentally friendly, nonflammable materials—including some of the materials found in bone, teeth, and hormones—tha... Read more
Engineered bacterial enzymes provide easy access to strained molecular structures rarely seen in nature. Caltech scientists have created a strain of bacteria that can make small but energy-p... Read more
Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations. MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcr... Read more
Scientists develop method to repair damaged structures deep inside the ear Researchers have developed a new approach to repair cells deep inside the ear — a potential remedy that could resto... Read more
Optoelectronic engineers in China and Hong Kong have manufactured a special type of liquid crystal display (LCD) that is paper-thin, flexible, light and tough. With this, a daily newspaper c... Read more
Developing atomically thin ‘drumheads’ for ultra-low power communications and sensory devices Case Western Reserve University researchers achieve cat-like ‘hearing’ w... Read more
Bacterial infections that target the intestine can cause conditions that range from uncomfortable to deadly. While it’s easy to blame the bacteria, it’s actually the toxins the bacteria prod... Read more
