Star Trek's "tricorder" performs chemical analysis for a range of applications including medical testing, explosives detection and food safety.
26 March 2014
Researchers have now come up with the first vibration control table of its kind to incorporate function-integrated components.
21 March 2014
The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens.
20 March 2014
A recent study has developed a mobile app (Spectral Analyser) that allows users to link with cloud-based technology to download spectra to mobile devices.
20 March 2014
Exploring the role of research in innovation.
14 March 2014
Changing the characteristics of a semiconductor material at the nanoscale can influence the way that neural cells grow on the material.
12 March 2014
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to use near-field optical tweezers to trap a nano-size object and manipulate it in the 3 dimensions of space.
4 March 2014
Top 10 Materials News from February 2014
3 March 2014Zara Preston