Every Step a Cell Takes, Every Move They Make -- Scientists will be Watching

An interdisciplinary team has found a solution to a problem plaguing developmental biology -- long-term cell tracking and manipulation. Researchers painstakingly developed an automated microfluidic device for the stable imaging of mice embryonic...
13-Sep-2019 9:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Kaleidoscope Mirror Symmetry Inspires New Design for Optical Tools, Technologies

In a kaleidoscope, mirrors are placed at angles to create a visual illusion of multiple, symmetric images from one object. Researchers started with a cylindrical vector optical field and introduce a kaleidoscope structure to the polarization states...
13-Sep-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Miniaturizing Medical Imaging, Sensing Technology

Scientists have used a microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis. The interference technology used in the microchip has been around for a little while. This is the first time technical obstacles have been overcome to fabricate a...
16-Sep-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Studying Drivers Behind Cardiac Arrhythmias

Despite advances in medical imaging, the mechanisms leading to the irregular contractions of the heart during rhythm disorders remain poorly understood. Research suggests existing data from ultrasound imaging can be used to work backwards to...
16-Sep-2019 9:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

African American Bachelor’s Degrees See Growth but Trend Behind in Physical Sciences, Engineering

African Americans are seeing growth in engineering and physical sciences but are not progressing at the same rate when compared to the general population. A report from the American Institute of Physics Statistical Research Center examined the...
12-Sep-2019 1:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Numerical Simulations Probe Mechanisms Behind Sand Dune Formation

After noticing how the construction of dams significantly alter the hydrodynamics of natural rivers and the resulting downstream riverbed evolution, researchers decided to apply numerical simulations to help determine what’s at play in the...
10-Sep-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Reconfigurable Electronics Show Promise for Wearable, Implantable Devices

Medical implants of the future may feature reconfigurable electronic platforms that can morph in shape and size dynamically as bodies change or transform to relocate from one area to monitor another within our bodies. In Applied Physics Letters, a...
6-Sep-2019 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

AIP Endowed Professor in History of Natural Sciences Named at University of Maryland

History of science author and editor Melinda Baldwin has been named the AIP Endowed Professor in the History of Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland (UMD) in partnership with the American Institute of Physics (AIP), effective fall 2020.
9-Sep-2019 1:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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