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Cheaper, Paper RFID Tags

Posted by Jesse Emspak Thu Feb 9, 2012 09:01 AM ET | 0

RFID tags may soon be cheap enough to stamp on paper. Read more

Electrified Clothing, Compliments Of Bendy Battery

Posted by Nic Halverson Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:19 AM ET | 0

New 'smart textile' could be used to power medical-monitoring garments and gadgets buried in your clothing. Read more

Electrified Clothing, Compliments Of Bendy Battery

Liquid Silver Used to Print Electronic Circuits

Posted by Jesse Emspak Mon Jan 16, 2012 03:10 PM ET | 0

Printing your own electronics gets a little closer, using silver as the base for an ink. Read more

Liquid Silver Used to Print Electronic Circuits

A Cloak in Time Could Secure Networks

Posted by Jesse Emspak Wed Jan 4, 2012 03:04 PM ET | 0

A technique for cloaking events could also secure computer networks. Read more

Paper Makes Touch Screen Displays

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri Dec 16, 2011 06:39 PM ET | 0

Interactivity comes to plain sheets of paper. Read more

World's Tiniest Steam Engine Built

Posted by Jesse Emspak Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:44 AM ET | 0

German physicists showed that the same laws that govern the biggest steam engines work at small scales, too. Read more

How To Make Nano-Origami

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri Dec 9, 2011 09:23 AM ET | 0

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have found a way to fold complex shapes smaller than a dust grain. Read more

'Crazy' Tape Holds Weight of Man

Posted by Jesse Emspak Mon Nov 7, 2011 01:38 PM ET | 0

Geckos and insects inspire a new kind of tape that's strong and reusable. Read more

Paper-Based Sensor Detects Explosives

Posted by Nic Halverson Fri Oct 28, 2011 08:53 AM ET | 0

A new device utilizes standard ink-jet printer technology and special "inks" to create small, ammonia-sensing detector. Read more

Skinlike Material Stretches and Senses

Posted by Jesse Emspak Wed Oct 26, 2011 08:19 AM ET | 0

Researchers at Stanford have found a way to make a skin-like sensor that stretches and returns to its former shape. Read more

Disc Levitates With Amazing Quantum Trapping

Posted by Trace Dominguez Thu Oct 20, 2011 06:05 PM ET | 0

A video about quantum trapping has been flying around the Internet this week; here's the science keeping it afloat. Read more

Disc Levitates With Amazing Quantum Trapping

Nanosheet Filters Could Cut Cost of Gas

Posted by Jesse Emspak Sat Oct 15, 2011 08:38 AM ET | 0

Nanometer-thin sheets of an ordinary absorbent could make separating liquids more energy-efficient. Read more

Scientists Build Self-Replicating Molecule

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri Oct 14, 2011 02:43 PM ET | 0

Researchers have built a self-replicating molecule out of artificial DNA. Read more

Scientists Build Self-Replicating Molecule

Solar 'Post-it' Panels Make Debut

Posted by Jesse Emspak Fri Oct 14, 2011 09:47 AM ET | 0

3M plans to sell solar film that can stick to a window to both cool your house and generate power. Read more

Magnetic Invisibility Cloak Could Hide Weapons

Posted Fri Sep 23, 2011 03:22 PM ET | 0

Using layers of superconducting materials, the device could help both patients and terrorists. Read more

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