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Researchers have created a fabric that can automatically regulate the amount of heat that passes through it, depending on conditions. For example, when conditions are warm and moist, such as those of a sweating body on a summer day, the fabric allows infrared radiation to pass through, and when conditions become cooler and drier, the fabric reduces the heat that escapes.
Researchers have created a fabric that can automatically regulate the amount of heat that passes through it, depending on conditions. For example, when conditions are warm and moist, such as those of a sweating body on a summer day, the fabric allows infrared radiation to pass through, and when conditions become cooler and drier, the fabric reduces the heat that escapes.
This article is a question-and-answer interview with Nava Ariel-Sternberg, director of shared laboratory facilities of the Columbia Nano Initiative (CNI), an organization within Columbia University, New York, N.Y., that offers research facilities for student and faculty researchers pursuing research in nanotechnology, as well as those from government, start-ups, and industry.
This article is a question-and-answer interview with Nava Ariel-Sternberg, director of shared laboratory facilities of the Columbia Nano Initiative (CNI), an organization within Columbia University, New York, N.Y., that offers research facilities for student and faculty researchers pursuing research in nanotechnology, as well as those from government, start-ups, and industry.
Engineers have developed an ingestible jelly-like smart pill that could stay in the stomach for up to 30 days. The pill, which quickly expands into a ping pong-sized ball, could monitor ulcers, cancers, and other conditions in the gastrointestinal tract.
Engineers have developed an ingestible jelly-like smart pill that could stay in the stomach for up to 30 days. The pill, which quickly expands into a ping pong-sized ball, could monitor ulcers, cancers, and other conditions in the gastrointestinal tract.
Researchers have designed the first fully flexible, battery-free “rectenna” — a device that converts energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity — that could be used to power flexible and wearable electronics, medical devices, and sensors for the “internet of things.”
Researchers have designed the first fully flexible, battery-free “rectenna” — a device that converts energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity — that could be used to power flexible and wearable electronics, medical devices, and sensors for the “internet of things.”
Researchers have reported fabricating atom-thin processors, a discovery that could have far-reaching impacts on nanoscale chip production. They have shown that lithography using a probe heated above 100o C outperformed standard methods for fabricating metal electrodes on 2D semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide—a material that scientists believe may supplant silicon for atomically small chips.
Researchers have reported fabricating atom-thin processors, a discovery that could have far-reaching impacts on nanoscale chip production. They have shown that lithography using a probe heated above 100o C outperformed standard methods for fabricating metal electrodes on 2D semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide—a material that scientists believe may supplant silicon for atomically small chips.
