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Fastest Measurements Ever Made of Ion Channel Proteins

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Columbia Engineering researchers have used miniaturized electronics to measure the activity of individual ion-channel proteins with temporal resolution as fine as one microsecond, producing the fastest recordings of single ion channels ever performed.

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Stitching Defects Into World’s Thinnest Semiconductor

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Columbia University researchers have grown high-quality crystals of molybdenum disulfide, the world’s thinnest semiconductor, and studied how these crystals stitch together at the atomic scale to form continuous sheets, gaining key insights into the optical and electronic properties of this new “wonder” material.

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“Out of This World” Space Stethoscope Valuable on Earth, Too

A team of students at has designed a new stethoscope for NASA to deliver accurate heart- and body-sounds to medics trying to assess astronauts’ health on long missions in noisy spacecraft.

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DNA-Guided Assembly Yields Novel Ribbon-Like Nanostructures

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DNA “linker” strands coax nano-sized rods to line up in way unlike any other spontaneous arrangement of rod-shaped objects. The arrangement—with the rods forming “rungs” on ladder-like ribbons could result in the fabrication of new nanostructured materials with desired properties.

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Engineering Undergrads Create Game-Changing Asthma Management Device

An estimated 300 million people in the world suffer from asthma. That number is expected to grow to more than 400 million by 2025. While diagnosis and treatment in the United States is accessible, people living in the developing world have a much more difficult time. Thanks to a new product being developed by engineering students at Washington University in St. Louis, those millions of people may have new hope.

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Iowa State Engineers Design, Test Taller, High-Strength Concrete Towers for Wind Turbines

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Iowa State engineers have designed and tested a concept for concrete towers to replace the steel towers used for wind turbines. The concrete towers could be a practical way to raise turbine towers from today's 80 meters to the better winds at 100 meters or higher.

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Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

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Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today.

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University, Police to Develop UAVs for Campus Security

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With campus safety and security in mind, engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are working with the campus police department to perfect unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies for use on-campus.

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Graphene Quantum Dots May Someday Tell if It Will Rain on Mars

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The latest research from a Kansas State University chemical engineer may help improve humidity and pressure sensors, particularly those used in outer space.

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Microwave Oven Cooks Up Solar Cell Material

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University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more efficient photovoltaic solar cells and LED lights, biological sensors and systems to convert waste heat to electricity.

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