The Desirable Wrinkles
Study shows how crystallisation can be used to shape materials
A New Porter for Cancer Drugs
Researchers from IIT Bombay have designed a protein-based carrier for delivering drugs into cancer cells.
A Computational Model of the Bladder
We have all felt it—the uncomfortable feeling in our nether regions that has us heading to the nearest washroom to empty our bladder. While many of us can hold it until we reach a toilet, those with urinary incontinence, or the inability to prevent the leakage of urine from the bladder, face a severe social and hygiene issue. This condition can be caused by a variety of factors, such as urinary tract infections, kidney stones or neurological disorders.
Accurate estimation of manufacturing variations can improve circuit performance New experimentally validated model accounts for manufacturing process variations while designing ultra-dense electronic circuits.
Silicon-based electronic circuits are continuously getting smaller. The Taiwanese manufacturer
TSMC currently makes chips with the smallest feature of the circuit measuring just 7
nanometers, with millions of such components packed on a single chip. The process of
manufacturing such ultra-dense circuits is complex. Despite world-class control, there are tiny
fluctuations in the nanoscale dimensions. Thus, each transistor is slightly different from another
across chips and even on the same chip. A circuit designer must account for such variations to