Low Cost Hand-Held Skin Cancer Detection Device
Skin cancer is the most common cancer that is prevalent in the United States. According to current estimates, it is believed that at least one American in five will likely suffer from some form of…
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How Carbon Nanotubes Are Being Used in Plant Gene Manipulation
What are Carbon nanotubes? The pioneer who discovered carbon nanotubes. Sumio Iijima is a Senior Research Fellow at NEC’s Central Research Laboratories. He inspired the world with his discovery of new carbon nanotube materials in…
Researchers Develop Cheaper and More Flexible Solar Cells
Perovskite-based solar cells have excellent characteristics for production. They’re cheap and flexible and can have various applications. The issue with using them, however, is their short life span; you can’t use them for more than…
Breakthrough Research Gives Mice Infrared Vision
In breakthrough research conducted by Xue and Jin Bao at the University of Science and Technology of China as well as Gang Han at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, nanotechnology was instrumental to achieve…
New Material Developed is a Biomedical Breakthrough
Researchers from Syracuse University together with counterparts from the Bucknell University have presented what they consider to be a groundbreaking development in the world of shape memory polymers (SMP). These materials are used for special…
Porsche Started Producing Natural Fiber Car Parts to Substitute Carbon Fiber
Flax is a plant that’s very popular nowadays as healthy food, with many benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. But here we will talk about another use of…
Novel Materials That Convert Visible Light into Infrared Light
Researchers from Harvard and Columbia University developed a process to convert the light that we see into infrared light. The newest method could be useful in the medical field, where fine-tuning of noninvasive infrared light…
Self-Foldable Drones to Assist on Rescue Missions
Rescuers have an extremely hard time getting to the victims of natural disasters. New research from the team at the University of Zurich tackles this very problem. They created a drone that retracts its propellers…
Bolivian Earthquake Revealed Mountains 410 Miles Below Earth’s Surface
The Earth may seem pretty flat if you view it from distance, but in our eyes, it is anything but flat. Mountains surround us almost everywhere, and the seabed goes pretty deep as well. If…
Reliable in Wind, Waves, and Weather: DNV GL Certified Cables For E-Chains
Over 370 chainflex® cables from igus for a secure and long-lasting energy and data supply at sea Energy chains used in the maritime industry have special requirements for safe energy and data transmission, and igus…
