Researchers studied dendrite formation by using a miniature electrochemical cell that mimics the liquid conditions inside a lithium-ion battery. Placing the liquid cell in a scanning transmission electron microscope and applying voltage to the cell allowed the researchers to watch as lithium deposits grew into dendritic structures.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreA developing form of computer memory has the potential to store information more quickly and more cheaply, while using less energy, than what's used today by the semiconductor industry, NYU Physics Professor Andrew Kent concludes.
Mar 6th, 2015
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A collaboration of physicists and chemists has discovered that temperature behaves in strange and unexpected ways in graphene, a material that has scientists sizzling with excitement about its potential for new technological devices ranging from computing to medicine.
Mar 6th, 2015
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Researchers have used an advanced model to simulate in unprecedented detail the workings of 'resistance-switching cells' that might replace conventional memory for electronics applications, with the potential to bring faster and higher capacity computer memory while consuming less energy.
Mar 6th, 2015
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The use of sound waves to probe nanoscale magnetic whirls called skyrmions could help to develop next-generation memory and data storage technology.
Mar 6th, 2015
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A composite material mimics the properties of natural cartilage by exploiting the repulsion of like charges.
Mar 6th, 2015
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Heidelberger Physiker haben aus nur zwei Atomen den fundamentalen Baustein eines Vielteilchensystems realisiert.
Mar 6th, 2015
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While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it's now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy storage device.
Mar 5th, 2015
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Swelling of a layered clay mineral leads to encapsulation of functional hydrophobic organic molecules.
Mar 5th, 2015
Read moreThe coating can be applied to clothes, paper, glass and steel and when combined with adhesives, maintains its self-cleaning properties after being wiped, scratched with a knife and scuffed with sandpaper.
Mar 5th, 2015
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Converting carbon monoxide in fuel cells with a gold catalyst hinges on one ion shuttling the critical electron.
Mar 5th, 2015
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New path to separation responds selectively to a flow of multiple materials, precisely separating liquids, gases and solids without clogging and with significant energy savings.
Mar 5th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have decoupled the tandem effects of shape and elasticity and assessed the role of elasticity on circulation and targeting for small spherical nanoparticles.
Mar 5th, 2015
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Tiny, perfectly smooth carbon spheres added to motor oil have been shown to reduce friction and wear typically seen in engines by as much as 25 percent, suggesting a similar enhancement in fuel economy.
Mar 5th, 2015
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Researchers have developed nanocarriers that site-selectively release medicines/drugs at the tumor site in human and mouse lungs. The scientists report that this approach led to a significant increase in the effectiveness of current cancer medicines in lung tumour tissue.
Mar 5th, 2015
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A method to selectively enhance or inhibit optical nonlinearities in a chip-scale device has been developed by scientists.
Mar 5th, 2015
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