Engineering News
New sensors streamline detection of estrogenic compounds
Published Date:August 25, 2011
Researchers have engineered new sensors that fluoresce in the presence of compounds that interact with estrogen receptors in human cells. The sensors detect natural or human-made substances that alter estrogenic signaling in the body.
Published Date: August 25, 2011
New theory may shed light on dynamics of large-polymer liquids
Published Date:August 23, 2011
A new physics-based theory could give researchers a deeper understanding of the unusual, slow dynamics of liquids composed of large polymers. This advance provides a better picture of how polymer molecules respond under fast-flow, high-stress processing conditions for plastics and other polymeric materials.
Published Date: August 23, 2011
Smart skin: Electronics that stick, stretch like a temporary tattoo
Published Date:August 11, 2011
Engineers have developed a device platform that combines electronic components for sensing, medical diagnostics, communications and human-machine interfaces, all on an ultrathin skin-like patch that mounts directly onto the skin with the ease, flexibility and comfort of a temporary tattoo.
Published Date: August 11, 2011
New 3-D photonic crystals have both electronic and optical properties
Published Date:July 25, 2011
In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.
Published Date: July 25, 2011
Silver pen has the write stuff for flexible electronics
Published Date:June 28, 2011
The pen may have bested the sword long ago, but now its challenging wires and soldering irons.
Published Date: June 28, 2011
