http://www.caltechnews.com Tue, 22 May 2012 21:21:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/cloak_of_invisibility It may not be intuitive, but a coating of reflective metal can actually make something less visible, engineers at Stanford and UPenn have shown. They have created an invisible, light-detecting device that can "see without being seen." CalTechNews Mon, 21 May 2012 20:22:39 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/self-assembling_highly_conductive_plastic_nanofibers These nanowires self-assemble when triggered by a flash of light making them inexpensive and easy to handle. They combine the advantages of the two materials currently used to conduct electric current metals and plastic organic polymers CalTechNews Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:06:10 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/nanosponges_soak_up_oil_again_and_again Researchers have discovered that adding a dash of boron to carbon while creating nanotubes turns them into solid, spongy, reusable blocks that have an astounding ability to absorb oil spilled in water CalTechNews Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:30:25 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/nanoparticles_home_in_on_brain_tumors Like special-forces troops laser-tagging targets for a bomber pilot, tiny particles that can be imaged three different ways at once have enabled scientists to remove brain tumors from mice with unprecedented accuracy. CalTechNews Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:19:34 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/one-pound_boat_that_could_float_1,000_pounds Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made from 1 pound of the substance could carry five kitchen ref CalTechNews Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:32:19 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/nanofiber_breakthrough_holds_promise_for_medicine_and_microprocessors A new method for creating nanofibers promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the treatment of cancers, heart disorders and Alzheimer's disease, as well as aid in the regeneration of human tissue, bone and cartilage CalTechNews Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:45:02 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/nanotech_provides_leap_for_infrared_tech Arizona State University researchers are finding ways to improve infrared photodetector technology that is critical to national defense and security systems, as well as used increasingly in medical diagnostics, commercial applications and consumer product CalTechNews Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:49:54 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/scientists_create_first_free-standing_3-d_cloak Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:48:44 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/researcher_nears_creation_of_superlens A superlens would let you see a virus in a drop of blood and open the door to better and cheaper electronics. It might, says Durdu Guney, make ultra-high-resolution microscopes as commonplace as cameras in our cell phones CalTechNews Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:15:14 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/wire_four_atoms_wide,_one_atom_tall_created The smallest wires ever developed in silicon -- just one atom tall and four atoms wide -- has been shown by a team of researchers to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires. CalTechNews Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:20:30 +0100