Engineer creates new design for ultra-thin capacitive sensors
(Binghamton University) As part of ongoing acoustic research at Binghamton University, State University at New York Distinguished Professor Ron Miles has created a workable sensor with the least possible resistance to motion.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/bu-ecn062518.php
A bright light in a dark room
(Chinese Association of Automation) Engineers work in quantifiable realism -- an object exists and can be measured. Sometimes, though, the certainty of the object and how it will behave wavers. Researchers from the Automatic Control and System Dynamics Laboratory at the Technische Universität Chemnitz in Germany are starting to close the gap between reality and mathematical uncertainty. They published an analysis of the discrepancy between mathematical proofs, algorithms, and their implementations in control systems with real, measurable outcomes.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/caoa-abl062418.php
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
(Cleveland Clinic) Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous pacemakers, a Cleveland Clinic-led research study found. The study was published today in the journal Heart Rhythm.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/cc-ccl062518.php
Building a better microscope
(Washington University in St. Louis) Microscopes are limited in what they can see because of their resolution, or their ability to see detail. The detail, or information, from the object is there, but some of it gets lost as the light reflecting off of the object moves through the air. Ulugbek Kamilov, an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis, plans to use a grant from the National Science Foundation to capture the information that normally gets lost and add it to the information researchers typically receive from microscopes.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/wuis-bab062518.php
Stealth Mark licenses ORNL invisible micro-taggant for anticounterfeiting applications
(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) StealthCo, Inc., an Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based firm doing business as Stealth Mark, has exclusively licensed an invisible micro-taggant from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The anticounterfeiting technology features a novel materials coding system that uses an infrared marker for identification.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/drnl-sml062518.php
'Smart' prosthetic ankle takes fear out of rough terrain, stairs
(Vanderbilt University) The ankle has a tiny motor, actuator, sensors and chip that work together to either conform to the surface the foot is contacting or remain stationary, depending on what the user needs.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/vu-pa062518.php
'Workhorse' lithium battery could be more powerful thanks to new design
(Cornell University) Cornell University chemical engineering professor Lynden Archer believes there needs to be a battery technology 'revolution' -- and thinks that his lab has fired one of the first shots.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/cu-lb062518.php
New theranostic strategy developed for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) A novel, intelligent theranostic agent for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy has been developed that remains as small molecules while circulating in the bloodstream, can then self-assemble into larger nanostructures in the tumor, and be activated by the tumor microenvironment for therapy guided by photoacoustic imaging. The research was presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/sonm-nts062518.php
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to target Jupiter's Great Red Spot
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter's Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm and building upon data returned from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/nsfc-njw062518.php
A multifunctional, multiscale, reconfigurable surface
(Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a dynamic surface with reconfigurable topography that can sculpt and re-sculpt microscale to macroscale features, change its friction and slipperiness, and tune other properties based on its proximity to a magnetic field.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/hjap-amm062518.php
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