Penn develops computer model that will help design flexible touchscreens

Researchers simulate electrical resistances (lines) to match experimental data (points) and extract the contact resistance.
Engineers make golden breakthrough to improve electronic devices

Vikas Berry, William H. Honstead professor of chemical engineering, and his research team have studied a new three-atom-thick material --...
Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae

Astronomers have used ESO's New Technology Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to explore more than 100...
Production of Multi-Layer Titania Nanotube Arrays with Application in Advanced Medicine
Measuring progress in nanotech design

Tracking a nanowire device's photocurrent responses, created by varying the wavelengths of a laser, will allow Drexel researchers to make...
Biodegradable Nanofibrous Scaffold Designed for Cell Growth, Tissue Recovery
Creating a 'window' to the brain: University of California, Riverside researchers develop novel transparent skull implant that could provide new treatment options for disorders such as brain cancer and traumatic brain injury

This is an illustrated cross section of the head that shows how the transparent skull implant works.
Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth

Artist's rendition of a transit of GJ 1214 b in blue light. The blue sphere represents the host star GJ 1214, and the black ball in...