In-depth articles written by our editorial team focusing on the latest developments in materials science and technology
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, in which the carbon atoms form a single-layered sheet with a hexagonal honeycomb lattice, where the carbon atoms are arranged in the vertices of each hexagon.
By Benedette Cuffari
3 Mar 2017
There has been a huge effort to produce molecular scale logic devices that can process data whilst providing protection by authorizing password entries. Researchers have developed a simple process to fabricate a novel device that utilises the dual ion spectral responsive properties...
By Liam Critchley
28 Feb 2017
A group of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, US, have unexpectedly grown colloidal crystals with diamond symmetry, known as double diamond crystals (B32), using a DNA-mediated self-assembly process.
By Liam Critchley
21 Feb 2017
In an effort to address this clinical need for an enhanced diagnostic tool in the determination of atherosclerotic lesions, researchers in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan have developed a medical camera capable of providing a high resolution view of arteries.
By Benedette Cuffari
14 Feb 2017
As a technology originally developed for military purposes, thermal imaging allows soldiers to effectively see in areas where little to no light is present.
By Benedette Cuffari
20 Oct 2016
Ophthalmic imaging is a specialized form of medical imaging dedicated to studying and treating eye disorders. Ophthalmic diagnostic imaging integrates science and art to provide images to record the progress of treatment and for research and teaching purposes in ophthalmology.
Since the 1930’s, mean skin temperature has been routinely measured through the use of thermistors, thermocouples, and thermocrons that are often attached to the skin directly.
By Benedette Cuffari
21 Jul 2016
Originally developed for military purposes during the late 1940s, thermal imaging allowed soldiers in combat to see and target opposing forces through the darkest hours of the night or across a smoke-covered battleground.
By Benedette Cuffari
4 May 2016
The invention and establishment of the wet collodion process and the dry-plate negative led to great advancements in the fields of astronomy and medicine in the second half of the nineteenth century.
By James Brookes
23 Apr 2015
Photographs are now such a commonly used visual form of capturing and categorising our experiences and surroundings that it is difficult to imagine a world in which photography did not operate.
By James Brookes
8 Apr 2015