AMHERST, Mass. – Inspired by nature’s ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a new tool for manufacturing three-dimensional shapes easily and cheaply, to aid advances in biomedicine, robotics and tunable micro-optics.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave under extreme conditions, according to a University of Michigan nuclear waste expert and his colleagues.
It’s an annual ritual that happens again this Sunday: Our clocks spring forward an hour to daylight savings time. Whatever tricks you use to help adapt to the change, the system of biological clocks that control the daily, or circadian, rhythms of the body will need a little time to adjust.
Winston-Salem, N.C. – March 8, 2012 — Maternal obesity may contribute to cognitive impairment in extremely premature babies, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.