Failure To Save A Child In Wartime Inspires Wound-Healing Tech
As a soldier, Kit Parker saw horrific injuries. As a scientist, he led an effort to create high-tech dressings that speed healing and reduce scarring.
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For Students, 'Small' Innovations Mean Big Strides For Energy Efficiency
As one of 10 finalists in the National Science Foundation's Community College Innovation Challenge, this team of students from Forsyth Tech is developing cost-efficient energy sources through the use of nanotechnology.
The Future Of Nanotechnology And Computers So Small You Can Swallow Them
How tiny can a computer get and what can it do? Digital sensors are already traveling inside human bodies. Will shrinking sizes eventually do away with the bulky devices we use now?
A Discoverer Of The Buckyball Offers Tips On Winning A Nobel Prize
Harold Kroto shared a Nobel in 1996 for finding a new type of carbon molecule that ignited the field of nanotechnology. Find a passion where — with hard work — you can be the best, he advises.
Superslick Coatings Conquer Ketchup, But What About Ebola?
A new coating makes ketchup slide out of the bottle and toothpaste slip out of a tube, right down to the last drop. So why not put the slick surface on an Ebola suit so the virus doesn't stick?
Nanoengineering the Future of Power Production
SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.
Our culture has an insatiable appetite for energy. As we face challenges with our traditional sources, and imperfections with immediate alternatives, we need to start looking for options to supplement an all-in approach.
When you look around you there's plenty of power to be had that you're ignoring. Right now with your heart beating and you breathing you're making a hundred watts of power. There's power everywhere you look. The light bulbs that are lighting the room, that has power and it's hitting the walls. What if that power could be collected easily? I'm telling you the can be, and we can do it with something that looks exactly like the shirt on your back right now.
Bright Ideas in Development in the Triad
One organization plans to ramp up production of a new light source, while a new startup seeks to work