http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. The packaged MEMS-based harvester is used to power a wireless sensor node. Within the Holst Centre program on Micropower Generation and Storage, imec researchers developed a temperature sensor that can wirelessly transmit data in a fully autonomous way. http://www.physorg.com/news180120643.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:40:05 EST news180120643 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny devices made possible by combining the latest advances in mechanical and electronics technology could be at the heart of next-generation personal navigation and vehicle stabilisation tools thanks to European researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news179595089.html Technology Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:32:23 EST news179595089 University of Sourthern California biomedical engineer and cardiologist Tzung "John" Hsiai hopes to develop a new tool to help clinicians distinguish cardiac emergencies requiring immediate surgery from chronic problems manageable with drugs and lifestyle change. http://www.physorg.com/news178207430.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:04:31 EST news178207430 Traditional endoscopes provide a peek inside patients' bodies. Now, a University of Florida engineering researcher is designing ones capable of a full inspection. http://www.physorg.com/news177853103.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:01 EST news177853103 (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. http://www.physorg.com/news177672319.html Nanotechnology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:25:53 EST news177672319 HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available. http://www.physorg.com/news176662423.html Technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:01 EST news176662423 (PhysOrg.com) -- To power a very small device like a pacemaker or a transistor, you need an even smaller generator. The components that operate the generator are smaller yet, and the efficiency of those foundational components is critical to the performance of the overall device. http://www.physorg.com/news175444804.html Nanotechnology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:52:12 EST news175444804 (PhysOrg.com) -- The scientists and engineers who introduced the world to tiny robots demonstrating soccer skills are creating the next level of friendly competition designed to advance microrobotics -- the field devoted to the construction and operations of useful robots whose dimensions are measured in micrometers. http://www.physorg.com/news175282176.html Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:01 EST news175282176 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nanotubes and nanowires are promising building blocks for future integrated nanoelectronic and photonic circuits, nanosensors, interconnects and electro-mechanical nanodevices. But some fundamental issues remain to be resolved - among them, how to position and manipulate the tiny tubes. http://www.physorg.com/news172231468.html Nanotechnology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:04:58 EST news172231468 One of ESA's future Earth observation missions will monitor its orientation in space with the help of the smallest gyro ever flown by the Agency. Now being tested, the sugar cube-sized device at the heart of the gyro unit is derived from a sensor used in anti-lock braking systems on millions of cars. http://www.physorg.com/news171731607.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:30:02 EST news171731607 Mr Pradyumna Thiruvenkatanathan, a second year doctoral student in Engineering, is the recipient of the best student paper award in the sensors and transducers sub-field at the IEEE Frequency Control conference. The IEEE Frequency Control conference is a premier event highlighting research in the areas of frequency and timing, frequency control and related technologies including Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). http://www.physorg.com/news171128812.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:10:03 EST news171128812 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are adapting the same methods used in fusion-energy research to create extremely thin plasma beams for a new class of "nanolithography" required to make future computer chips. http://www.physorg.com/news169825442.html Nanotechnology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:44:45 EST news169825442 Researchers in the Nanofabrication and Devices group at the Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc., and Innovative Micro Technology, have discovered that defects at the grain boundary in ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) hold primary responsibility for the fundamental mechanism of energy dissipation. http://www.physorg.com/news169309041.html Nanotechnology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:30:04 EST news169309041 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic applications. http://www.physorg.com/news169134677.html Nanotechnology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:40:17 EST news169134677 Researchers at TU Delft, The Netherlands, have succeeded in measuring the influence of a single electron on a vibrating carbon nanotube. This research can be important for work such as the development of ultra-small measuring instruments.  The scientists have published their results on Thursday 23 July in the online version of the scientific journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news167646198.html Nanotechnology Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:24:30 EST news167646198