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Nanotube Adhesive Sticks Better Than a Gecko's Foot
Mimicking the agile gecko, with its uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, has long been a goal of materials scientists.   view more (2007-06-20)

Baby Beetles Inspire Pitt Researchers to Build 'Mini Boat' Powered by Surface Tension
Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface.   view more (2009-01-22)

Loughborough researcher aims to inspire next generation of scientists and engineers
Loughborough University PhD research student Tom Waller, 25, has been selected as one of 13 new UK role models to promote science and engineering to young people as part of the NOISE (New Outlooks in Science and Engineering) campaign, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). As a member of the NOISE 'Be Yourself!'... view more... (2003-03-12)

Emergency links: NIST identifies 'sweet spot' for radios in tunnels
As part of a project to improve wireless communications for emergency responders, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that underground tunnels-generally a difficult setting for radios-can have a frequency "sweet spot" at which signals may travel several times farther than at other... view more... (2008-05-19)
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