MEMS

Tiny microelectromechanical machines running Magic Schoolbus-style through our bodies are the pursuit of nano labs across the globe, but a … Continued

Jazz is not as effective

Tiny machines that can enter our bloodstreams and do work inside of our bodies are a staple of both science … Continued

Hearing sounds smaller than any we've ever heard before

Holographic video is sort of the holy grail of video display technology right now. Stereoscopic 3-D is fine and everything, … Continued

At the University of Stuttgart and the nearby Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, researchers are taking the notion of … Continued

Organic light-emitting diodes, thin-film transistors, e-ink and other display technologies get plenty of ink — er, pixels — in these … Continued

A tiny three-phase motor invented by Swiss researchers could be used to power a new generation of wristwatches, allowing them … Continued

New tiny force sensors made out of paper cost just four cents apiece, possibly enabling cheap microelectromechanical devices in anything … Continued

Forget the gigantic Large Hadron Collider — how about a particle-accelerator-on-a-chip? OK, so it can’t reach the energies produced at … Continued