Astronomers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Arizona State University are developing the most sensitive millimeter-wavelength polarimetric camera on Earth, called TolTEC. The camera will use 7,000 detectors across three different bands in the electromagnetic spectrum. When it's completed, it'll be coupled with the 164-foot diameter Large Millimeter Telescope, the world's largest single-dish steerable millimetre-wavelength telescope, which is located in Puebla, Mexico.
Konrad Rykaczewski, an assistant professor of engineering at Arizona State University, has strived for years to develop a better anti-icing solution for airplanes. His drive is more than academic: He was once stranded for two days in London when a long snowfall depleted Heathrow Airport of the supplies of antifreeze it uses to keep ice off airplane wings.
The goal behind the Arizona State University project is to help a runner (or more specifically, a soldier) run a 4 minute mile. This translates into a sustained speed of 24.14 km/h, which is actually pretty fast. These sort of speeds are only possible to achieve for elite runners and the world record currently stands at 3:43.13. But how can the average Joe runner, or a soldier weighed down by gear, achieve these speeds? With a jetpack of course!
The colloquial medical advice "rub some dirt in it" appears to have some merit. Researchers at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have been experimenting with different clays, and it appears in research presented in the journal PLoS ONE that they've come across a family of antibacterial clays capable of killing pathogens ranging from E. coli to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as hard-to-kill MRSA.
We've constructed a world out of fibre optic cable and silicon, but Arizona State University researchers think their new material can do better. They have synthesised a new kind of single-crystal nanowire from a compound of erbium - a material generally used to dope fibre optic cables to amplify their signals - and they claim it could increase the speed of the Internet, spawn a new generation of computers, and improve photovoltaic solar cells, sensor technologies, and solid-state lighting.
