Technologies News

Mar 25, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers at Dartmouth College created a breakthrough device that can immediately detect the presence of secondhand cigarette smoke, and even third-hand smoke. Secondhand smoke detector (© Eli Burakian) The device, described in a paper in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, is smaller and lighter than a cellphone. It uses polymer films to collect and measure nicotine in the air; a sensor chip then records the data on an SD memory...

May 17, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Aerospace engineering experts Drs Omid Gohardani and Amir S. Gohardani have proposed a novel aerospace propulsion concept for future greener transportation. The...

Jan 11, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

For the first time, a team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed a plastic material which enables to detect nuclear...

Nov 18, 2011 by Sci-News.com

Researchers from University of California Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world’s lightest material...

Sep 14, 2011 by Sci-News.com

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, during tests of new nanomaterial called nanoblades for use in hydrogen storage, have discovered that it...

Aug 30, 2011 by Sci-News.com

Researchers from Germany, France and the United Kingdom have engineered a material that exhibits a rare and versatile trait in magnetism at room temperature. Writing...