Power suits: wearable fabric that can generate electricity from the sun
DEPHOTEX is a European collaborative research project that carried out research on photovoltaic textiles based on novel fibres.
May 20th, 2014
Read moreDEPHOTEX is a European collaborative research project that carried out research on photovoltaic textiles based on novel fibres.
May 20th, 2014
Read moreNew model proposed by UC Riverside researchers could help identify better promoters for photocatalysis.
May 20th, 2014
Read moreImagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are no longer limited by plugs and external power sources.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a new process to control molecular growth within the 'building block' components of inorganic materials. The method, which uses nanoparticles to organize the components during a critical phase of the manufacturing process, could lead to innovative new materials, such as self-lubricating bearings for engines, and it could make it feasible for them to be mass-produced.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreThe overall aim of the EUROTRAINING project is to boost European competitiveness by providing access to training that supports the industrial take-up of micro and nano-electronics applications.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a novel nanometer scale ruthenium oxide anchored nanocarbon graphene foam architecture that improves the performance of supercapacitors, a development that could mean faster acceleration in electric vehicles and longer battery life in portable electronics.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreResearchers announce the successful development of a lab-on-a-chip platform capable of detecting protein cancer markers in the blood using the very latest advances in plasmonics, nano-fabrication, microfluids and surface chemistry.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreMultidisciplinary group solves mystery of how a potential battery electrode material behaves.
May 18th, 2014
Read morePhysicists have discovered how to create matter from light - a feat thought impossible when the idea was first theorized 80 years ago.
May 18th, 2014
Read moreHere are the winners of the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting Science as Art competition.
May 18th, 2014
Read moreNon-toxic and cheap organo-nanocatalyst can be recycled several times.
May 17th, 2014
Read moreThe National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) announced the National Nanotechnology Initiative's (NNI) partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service to host 'Cellulose Nanomaterials - A Path Towards Commercialization'.
May 16th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated a technique whereby the electronic properties of graphene boron nitride heterostructures can be modified with visible light.
May 16th, 2014
Read moreAs smartphones get smarter and computers compute faster, researchers actively search for ways to speed up the processing of information. Now, scientists at Princeton University have made a step forward in developing a new class of materials that could be used in future technologies.
May 16th, 2014
Read moreIn the EU's NEUWalk project, which has been awarded funding of some nine million euros, researchers are working on a new method of treatment designed to restore motor function in patients who have suffered severe injuries to their spinal cord.
May 16th, 2014
Read moreResearchers find a way to sidestep the quantum 'noise' that limits the precision of ultrasensitive position measurements.
May 16th, 2014
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