Going All-Optical
One one-millionth of a second may sound rather brief to most of us, but to Jacob Khurgin, professor of electrical and…
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The ‘Charlie Sheen Effect’
After actor Charlie Sheen disclosed his HIV-positive status on NBC’s Today show last November, millions took to the Internet to…
Blocking the Bounce
When a rubber ball or block falls to the floor, it bounces. Yet, recently, an architected rubber block made by…
Seeing Is Believing
The quest to create a camera that can see the way we see—continuously, selectively, alert to movement and meaning—is the challenge…
All Lit Up
The membranes of our bodies’ cells contain signaling proteins called receptors. By interacting with peptides, drugs, hormones, and other molecules,…
Backpedaling on Bike Ownership
Bicycling has been shown to improve health and reduce the carbon footprint—which makes the results of a recent Whiting School study…
Tech Tools: Drop It Like It’s Hot
We’ve all seen movies where an asteroid collision is avoided because it was demolished in space. But could that actually…
New Thinking in Antibiotic Resistance
The theory of evolution states that living organisms evolve to be fitter for survival. Conventional wisdom is that organisms become…
Making Surgery Smarter and Safer
For years, Google has been hard at work on a smart car that promises to eliminate human error through technology,…