
Jesse Emspak
Latest articles by Jesse Emspak

Why High-Fiber Diets May Help Weight Loss
By Jesse Emspak published
Fiber helps cut your weight by making the body produce the same chemical found in vinegar, which changes the brain cells that regulate hunger.

Tiny, Logical Robots Injected into Cockroaches
By Jesse Emspak published
Scientists have built nanobots that can respond to chemical cues and operate inside a living animal. More than that, they can operate as logic gates, essentially acting as real computers.

In-Surgery Entertainment: Video Glasses Calm Patients
By Jesse Emspak published
Want to calm a skittish patient? Use video, doctors say.

Far Out! Making Crystals Ripple with Light
By Jesse Emspak published
Crystals hit with infrared light could be the next generation of nanometer scale devices.

New Device Could Charge Your Smartphone As You Walk
By Jesse Emspak published
You could generate the electricity needed to charge your smartphone just by walking around, with a new device called a triboelectric generator, researchers say.

Experimental Psoriasis Treatment Shows Promise
By Jesse Emspak published
The action of a little-understood piece of genetic material could one day help treat a common skin disease.

Engineered 'Glue' Helps Wounds Heal Faster
By Jesse Emspak published
Time actually doesn't heal all wounds, but in some cases, engineered proteins might help speed up the process.

Hark, Quarks! Strange Tiny Particles Loom Large in New Study
By Jesse Emspak published
A phenomenon first seen decades ago and revisited in a new experiment involving quarks could extend one of the most successful theories in physics.

27 Dimensions! Physicists See Photons in New Light
By Jesse Emspak published
Researchers have directly measured a photon's 27-dimensional quantum state, which could make it simpler to build quantum-mechanical technologies such as quantum computers and unbreakable codes.

Quirky Quarks: 'Charming' Particle Mixes with Bizarre Cousin
By Jesse Emspak published

Gotcha! Photons Seen Without Being Destroyed in a First
By Jesse Emspak published
Any device that picks up on the presence of light has to absorb its energy, and with it, the photons. At least, that was what scientists thought until now.

'Rare' Atom Finding May Advance Quantum Computers
By Jesse Emspak published
Researchers have found a way to get quantum bits to last long enough to do computations with, using the magnetic properties of a rare earth element called holmium and the symmetry of platinum.

Spintronics Goes Through Blue Period
By Jesse Emspak published
A simple, cheap dye might show the way to making new kinds of computers.

Smart Window Blocks Heat, Generates Electricity
By Jesse Emspak published
This window changes its optical properties in response to temperature and does it without power.
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