Mighty micropumps: Small but powerful vacuum pumps demonstrated
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
DARPA-funded researchers recently demonstrated the world's smallest vacuum pumps. This breakthrough technology may create new national security applications for electronics and sensors that require a vacuum: highly sensitive gas analyzers that can detect chemical or biological attack, extremely accurate laser-cooled chip-scale atomic clocks and microscale vacuum tubes.