Biomedical devices Research update Ultra-low-cost, hand-powered centrifuge is inspired by whirligig toy Device can separate blood into its component parts Read article: Ultra-low-cost, hand-powered centrifuge is inspired by whirligig toy
Semiconductors and electronics News Flash Physics: New solar-energy model, Persis Drell named Stanford provost, gas sensors in a jiffy Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: New solar-energy model, Persis Drell named Stanford provost, gas sensors in a jiffy
Telescopes and space missions News Flash Physics: Opportunity Rover goes crater diving, new deputy director of US Department of Energy, underwater transistors Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Opportunity Rover goes crater diving, new deputy director of US Department of Energy, underwater transistors
Biomedical devices Research update Laser spectroscopy determines sex of a chicken egg New technique could improve animal welfare Read article: Laser spectroscopy determines sex of a chicken egg
Biomedical devices Research update Sweatband measures tiny electrical signals in perspiration Wearable sensors monitor physiology and health in almost real time Read article: Sweatband measures tiny electrical signals in perspiration
Biomedical devices Research update New type of sound wave boosts drug delivery Surface-reflected bulk waves could be used in nebulizing inhalers Read article: New type of sound wave boosts drug delivery
Diagnostic imaging Research update Portable brain scanner allows PET in motion Scanner records high-resolution images of structures deep within the brain Read article: Portable brain scanner allows PET in motion
Optical physics Research update New laser could spot signs of cancer in exhaled breath High-power infrared device captures molecular fingerprints Read article: New laser could spot signs of cancer in exhaled breath
Transport properties Research update Crystal phase-transitions keep babies in third-world countries warm Researchers develop non-electric incubating blankets for use in villages Read article: Crystal phase-transitions keep babies in third-world countries warm
Optical physics Research update Bringing the human eye into focus New imaging technique resolves the rods and cones at the back of the eye Read article: Bringing the human eye into focus