A Scottish high-tech manufacturing facility which helped create the technology that runs the modern internet is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The University of Glasgow’s James Watt Nanofabrication Centre is one of the UK’s key facilities for…
Sensitive robots feel the strain
Flexible skin for soft robots, embedded with electrical nanowires, combines conductivity with sensitivity within the same material. An artificial soft skin imbued with flexible electronics could enhance the way robots sense and interact with their…
Carbon emissions smoked
Helpful microbes inhale CO2 through a porous cylindrical electrode and exude useful chemicals. Microbes could become key allies in global efforts to curb carbon emissions and avoid dangerous climate change. A group of microbes called…
Deep-learning technique reveals “invisible” objects in the dark
Method could illuminate features of biological tissues in low-exposure images. MIT News: Small imperfections in a wine glass or tiny creases in a contact lens can be tricky to make out, even in good light.…
Glaciers thinning in Asia
High peaks in Nepal. Credits: ESA Providing water for drinking, irrigation and power, glaciers in the world’s highest mountains are a lifeline for more than a billion people. As climate change takes a grip and…