http://www.ccnmag.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:32:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/scientists_create_first_free-standing_3-d_cloak Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:48:44 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researcher_nears_creation_of_superlens A superlens would let you see a virus in a drop of blood and open the door to better and cheaper electronics. It might, says Durdu Guney, make ultra-high-resolution microscopes as commonplace as cameras in our cell phones CalTechNews Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:15:14 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/wire_four_atoms_wide,_one_atom_tall_created The smallest wires ever developed in silicon -- just one atom tall and four atoms wide -- has been shown by a team of researchers to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires. CalTechNews Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:20:30 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/hybrid_silkworms_spin_stronger_spider_silk Tansgenically engineered silkworms, exhibit the highly sought-after strength and elasticity of spider silk. Thw stronger silk could possibly be used to make sutures, artificial limbs and parachutes CalTechNews Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:33:02 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/material_enhances_solar,_computers,_lighting Arizona State University researchers have created a new compound crystal material that promises to help produce advances in a range of scientific and technological pursuits CalTechNews Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:35:01 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_revolutionary_material_easily_reshaped A common feature of sailboards, aircraft and electronic circuits is that they all contain resins used for their lightness, strength and resistance CalTechNews Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:35:18 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/smart_material_tissue-penetrating_light Scientists are reporting development and successful initial testing of the first practical "smart" material that may supply the missing link in efforts to use in medicine a form of light that can penetrate four inches into the human body CalTechNews Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:23:15 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/world_s_lightest_material_created A team of researchers have developed the world's lightest material -- with a density of 0.9 mg/cc -- about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam™. CalTechNews Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:20:18 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researching_graphene_nanoelectronics_for_a_post-silicon_world Copper's days are numbered, and a new study at could hasten the downfall of the ubiquitous metal in smart phones, tablet computers, and nearly all electronics. This is good news for technophiles who are seeking smaller, faster devices CalTechNews Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:28:17 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/2-d_patterns_made_into_3-d_objects_using_light Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple way to convert two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional (3-D) objects using only light CalTechNews Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:08:44 +0100