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Connectivity made easy with Gecko MCUs and visualisation tools
Gecko technology is the foundation for Silicon Labs' IoT SoCs. Developers have access to software-compatible wireless SoCs, wireless modules, energy-friendly MCUs, and a broad set of easy-to-use software tools and wireless stacks - all in one common platform.
THz chips: a way of seeing through matter
Electromagnetic pulses lasting one millionth of a millionth of a second may hold the key to advances in medical imaging, communications and drug development. But the pulses, called terahertzwaves, have long required elaborate and expensive equipment to use.Now, researchers at Princeton University have drastically shrunk much of that equipment: moving from a tabletop setup with lasers and mirrors to a pair of microchips small enough to fit on a fi...
Crystalline and liquid at the same time
Solid, liquid or gas – we encounter these three clearly defined states of matter every day. It is difficult to imagine that substances could simultaneously exhibit properties of two of these states. Yet, precisely such a phenomenon is possible in the realm of quantum physics, where matter can display behaviours that seem mutually exclusive.Supersolidity is one example of such a paradoxical state.
A brand new 'heart' for CERN's CMS experiment
Physicists and engineers at CERN replaced the heart of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, one of the two general purpose particle physics detectors that discovered the Higgs boson in 2012. The discovery completed a missing link in the Standard Model of particle physics anticipated by several theoretical physicists in the 1960s. Built at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the world’s largest and most powerful high-energy particle acc...
Lasers measure cells’ stiffness to identify neoplastic ones
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have discovered a way to detect signs of cancer on a cell-by-cell basis using two lasers and a camera.Several medical devices currently in use and in clinical trials around the world look for increases in cellular stiffness as an indicator of cancerous tissue. These devices, however, rely on readings from many cells clustered together within the body and cannot operate on a cellular level.
A designer’s guide to smart battery applications
The first thing that pops into mind when integrating a rechargeable battery into a professional application, especially into a mission critical medical or military device, is two words – reliability and safety.However, there are many other factors designers need to consider throughout the various stages of custom battery design. Michele Windsor, Direct Sales and Marketing Manager at professional battery manufacturer Accutronics, guides desi...
Technology offers fast peptide synthesis
Manufacturing small proteins known as peptides is usually very time-consuming, which has slowed development of new peptide drugs for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and bacterial infections.To help speed up the manufacturing process, MIT researchers have designed a machine that can rapidly produce large quantities of customised peptides.
Emissions monitoring in the real world
Vehicle emissions are the primary cause of air quality standard exceedances in the majority of UK Air Quality Management Areas. Increasing pressure to reduce the impact of pollution from vehicles has led to growing interest in the introduction of ‘Clean Air Zones’ and ‘Low Emission Zones’.
Smart tools for the tech savvy landscaper
If I told you to think about landscaping, what springs to mind? Digging holes for flowers and shrubs, a team to keep your lawn well-manicured and perhaps even a landscaping architect that plans the perfect scheme for your grounds based on factors such as location and natural topography.
Studying genes in clusters allows for better predictions
When many genes regulate a single trait, they commonly work together in large clusters or ‘networks’. Taking this into account allows better predictions of how an individual’s genetic make-up affects the trait concerned. The risk of perceiving the importance of an individual gene incorrectly is also reduced. This has been shown by researchers at Uppsala University, through a detailed analysis of thousands of related yeast cells.