New gecko-like adhesive shakes off dirt

New Gecko-like Adhesive Shakes Off Dirt
Researchers have created the first gecko-like adhesive that cleans itself after each use without the need for water or chemicals. It's the latest...

Denser, more powerful computer chips possible with plasmonic...
(University of California - Berkeley) UC Berkeley engineers are reporting a new way of creating computer chips that could revitalize optical...

NYU's Courant Institute receives $500,000 NSF grant to discover...
(New York University) New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and its institutional partners -- Stanford University, MIT and...

UC Berkeley bioengineer to receive NIH New Innovator Award
(University of California - Berkeley) Dr. Sanjay Kumar, assistant professor of bioengineering, is one of 31 recipients of the New Innovator Award,...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...

Sky & Telescope's Mirror-Image Field Map of the Moon

Oregon Scientific BAR888RA Multi-Channel Weather Forecaster...
This unit features an indoor & outdoor thermometer that receives signals from up to 3 wireless remote sensors. These sensors can operate up to 90...