Fixing two additional light sensors to a normal CD or DVD drive can transform it into a highly accurate scanner for chemical or medical tests, Spanish researchers have shown. The team has developed a ...

Rail vehicles are exposed to extreme operating stress: strong dynamic forces and frequent load changing leave their mark during every journey. While lightweight design approaches, energy efficiency ...

Thinking beyond Jay-Z and Coldplay, researchers at Ohio State University have turned a standard compact disk into a biochemical laboratory. Their specially designed CD completely automates a commonly ...

The global production of semiconductors is growing rapidly and with it the demand for primary products, especially crystalline silicon. However, its production is very energy-intensive and only half ...

The Science of Science and Computational Discovery (SOS+CD) lab focuses on the innovative use of AI and computational methods to advance scientific research and discovery. When we think of scientific ...