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Mar 20, 2012
Metamaterials Will Change Optics
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated man-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will. FULL STORY |
Feb 29, 2012
Exotic Material Boosts Electromagnetism Safely
DURHAM, N.C. – By using exotic man-made materials, scientists from Duke University and Boston College believe they can greatly enhance the forces of electromagnetism (EM), one of the four fundamental... FULL STORY |
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Nov 14, 2011
Tracking Dragonflies on the Wing
Duke University electrical engineers have developed a wirelessly powered telemetry system that is light and powerful enough to allow scientists to study the intricate neurological activity of... FULL STORY |
Oct 07, 2011
Mine Detection Software Identifies Cancer Cells
Medical researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated that software developed by a Duke University electrical engineer for finding and recognizing undersea mines can help doctors... FULL STORY |
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Aug 11, 2011
Effortless Sailing with Fluid Flow Cloak
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke engineers have already shown that they can “cloak” light and sound, making objects invisible -- now, they have demonstrated the theoretical ability to significantly increase the... FULL STORY |
Aug 01, 2011
Manipulating Light at Will
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke electrical engineers have developed a man-made material that they say literally allows them to manipulate light at will. FULL STORY |
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Jul 27, 2011
A Fractal Design Approach to Ease Verification
In 1994, a small glitch was uncovered in a floating point unit in the Pentium P5 microprocessor. Unfortunately, it wasn’t detected until after it had been installed in countless computers, which... FULL STORY |
Jun 30, 2011
WiFi "Napping" Doubles Phone Battery Life
DURHAM, N.C. – A Duke University graduate student has found ways to double the battery life of mobile devices – such as smartphones or laptop computers – by making changes to WiFi technology. Wifi is... FULL STORY |
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Jun 30, 2011
Acoustical Cloaking Achieved
After already showing that simple man-made materials can be employed as invisibility cloaks or used to facilitate wireless power transmission, Duke University engineers have now demonstrated that... FULL STORY |
Jun 29, 2011
New Smartphone App Automatically Tags Photos
DURHAM, N.C. -- So much for tagging photographs with names, locations and activities yourself – a new cell phone application can take care of that for you. The system works by taking advantage of... FULL STORY |