Researchers from the University of Portsmouth, UK, discovered that limpets—small aquatic snail-like creatures with conical shells—have teeth with biological structures so strong they could be copied to make cars, boats, and planes of the future.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., is expanding the nation’s largest university propulsion laboratory for research aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions for next-generation jet engines.
Global Foundries, Santa Clara, Calif., announces a partnership with Imec, Belgium, for joint research on future radio architectures and designs for highly integrated mobile devices and IoT applications.
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., reports record full-year unit shipments of PCs, servers, tablets, phones, and the Internet of Things; the company exceeded the tablet goal by shipping 46 million units.
Craic Technologies, San Dimas, Calif., introduces the Flex UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer, which is designed to be flexible in configuration, capabilities, and pricing.
