Cat tongues inspire soft robotsLessons learned from the flexible, sharp spines on cats’ tongues have implications for the development of soft robotics.
Glow-in-the-dark dye could fuel liquid batteriesA dye called BODIPY has special chemical properties that could facilitate energy storage.
Tabletop technique peers deep inside solidsValence electrons play key roles in chemical bonds and in determining a material’s properties.
Hitachi high-voltage CD-SEM measures high aspect-ratio trenches and contact holesHitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan, launches its Advanced High Voltage CD-SEM – CV5000 Series, which is capable of measuring high aspect-ratio trenches and contact holes, as well as measuring device patterns.