http://www.caltechnews.com Tue, 22 May 2012 21:27:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/scientists_plan_1b_ghost_town A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology -- but no people CalTechNews Sun, 13 May 2012 23:13:40 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/smart_doorknobs_gesture-smartphones A doorknob that knows whether to lock or unlock based on how it is grasped, a smartphone that silences itself if the user holds a finger to her lips and a chair that adjusts room lighting CalTechNews Thu, 03 May 2012 19:36:13 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/a_new_generation_of_ultra-small_and_high-precision_lasers_emerges Ultra fast, robust, stable, and high precision: these are some of the characteristics of a new laser developed by an international research team CalTechNews Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:03:22 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/cellphones_that_can_see_through_walls_ Comic book hero superpowers may be one step closer to reality after the latest technological feats made by researchers. They have designed an imager chip that could turn mobile phones into devices that can see through walls, wood, plastics, paper and othe CalTechNews Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:26:06 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/researchers_use_ct_to_recreate_stradivarius_violin Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques, a team of experts has created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin CalTechNews Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:20:18 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/boost_in_battery_energy_capacity,_charge_rate Imagine a cellphone battery that stayed charged for more than a week and recharged in just 15 minutes. That dream battery could be closer to reality thanks to Northwestern University research CalTechNews Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:26:12 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/iphone_turned_into_spiphone_smartphone_senses_keyboard_vibrations_deciphers_sentences It's a pattern that no doubt repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices around the world: People sit down, turn on their computers, set their mobile phones on their desks and begin to work. What if a hacker could use that phone to track what CalTechNews Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:01:33 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/double_wireless_capacity_with_no_new_towers_ The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their networks without adding a single cell tower CalTechNews Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:24:18 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/can_new_drug_cure_nearly_any_viral_infection_ Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola CalTechNews Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:15:57 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/new_bionic_leg_gives_amputees_a_natural_gait A new lower-limb prosthetic developed at Vanderbilt University allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs CalTechNews Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:40:45 +0100