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WSU is part of a team working to improve cadmium telluride solar technology to make it more competitive with silicon solar cells.

A U.S. Granted Patent Reveals Microsofts Secret Project for VR Gaming with Sophisticated Arm-Worn Multi-Faceted Controllers   When it comes to VR gaming accessories Microsoft promotes Oculus or the HP Reverb headset and controllers. While The Verge reported in March that VR wasnt a focus for the Xbox team, that hasnt stopped one of Microsoft engineering teams from patenting next-gen arm wearing controllers that are far more sophisticated than whats on the market today. Microsoft filed their pa...

Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical Helping medical device manufactures navigate the new EU MDR Trelleborg and other industry experts explain the material-related requirements of the MDR and how to achieve them. Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical offers device manufacturers that supply products to Europe a free to download webinar about the upcoming Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and how this specification can be met. The EU MDR takes effect May 26, 2021 and aims to protect patients from risks pos...

Noriega also promoted Suzanne S. Hollander to Director of the Department of Real Estate Asset Management (DREAM). Noriega said that Zerry’s demonstrated leadership at the City, and high-value character make him an ideal candidate to serve as Deputy City Manager. In this position, Ihekwaba will execute the City Manager’s directives as required. He will oversee and coordinate various departments of the city, such as Building and Public Works--positions he has experience in, especially s...

May 10, 2021 Twenty-four years ago, physics professor Harold Craighead and then-doctoral student Dustin Carr, Ph.D. ’00, created the world’s smallest guitar using cutting-edge technology in what was then the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility. They’re at it again at the center – now known as the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), in Duffield Hall. A team led by staff photolithographer Ed Camacho has created what is thought to be the world’s smallest rendition of Co...

February 2021 US Cutting Tool Orders up 3.3% from January 2021 USCTI/AMT February 2021 US Cutting Tool Orders up 3.3% from January 2021 The total was up 3.3% from January’s $144.8 million and down 17.1% when compared with the $180.3 million reported for February 2020. AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the Cutting Tool Market Report collaboration, was up 3.3% from January’s $144.8 million and down 17.1% when compared w...

TwitterFacebook SEC Uses Athletics Platform to Celebrate, Support Conference Member Faculty The SEC has since 2012 recognized outstanding teaching and research through its SEC Faculty Achievement Awards, a program that annually honors one faculty member from each university and one overall winner for the Conference – the SEC Professor of the Year. Sponsored content written and provided by Faculty are the heartbeat of any university, and since 2012 the Southeastern Conference has used its SEC...

Adapted from ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00139 Touch-based sweat glucose sensor Many people with diabetes endure multiple, painful finger pricks each day to measure their blood glucose. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sensors have developed a device that can measure glucose in sweat with the touch of a fingertip, and then a personalized algorithm provides an accurate estimate of blood glucose levels. According to the American Diabetes Association, more than 34 million childre...

Hanjun Hwangbo, Hyeongjin Lee 4D printing enables vascularization, bone tissue regeneration, spinal fusion Researchers are working with 4D printing to create a biomimetic microchannel scaffold made of collagen and hydroxyapatite. Spinal fusion is frequently performed to restore spinal stability in patients with spinal diseases, such as spinal stenosis, vertebral fractures, progressive deformities, and instability. In the past two decades, there has been marked increase in the number of people o...

WSU Advancing 3D printing to aid tissue replacement Success of this method in manufacturing functional tissues relies heavily on how well the fabricated structures mimic the native tissues. Gozen, George and Joan Berry associate professor in the Washington State University School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and a team of researchers have developed a unique scaffolding material for engineered tissues that can be fine-tuned for the tricky business of growing natural tissue. They rep...