Forget about leprechauns, engineers are catching rainbows
By creating a material that slows light, engineers open new possibilities in solar energy, military technology and other fields of research.
Feb 15th, 2013
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Trolls win: rude blog comments dim the allure of science online
UW-Madison science communication researcher Dominique Brossard reported the results of a study showing the tone of blog comments alone can influence the perception of risk posed by nanotechnology, the science of manipulating materials at the smallest scales.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreSpherical nucleic acids have novel properties that are perfect for biomedical applications
Northwestern University's Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application, has invented and developed a powerful material that could revolutionize biomedicine: spherical nucleic acids.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read morePhysicists test highly flexible organic semiconductors
Research paves way for thin-sheet plastic displays or wearable electronics.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreNano-machines for 'bionic proteins'
Physicists of the University of Vienna developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully artificial protein-mimetic model system.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreChemists develop single molecule sieves to separate complex molecular mixtures
Chemists at the University of Liverpool have created a new technique that could be used in industry to separate complex organic chemical mixtures.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreResearchers propose breakthrough architecture for quantum computers
A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing has proposed a new computational model that may become the architecture for a scalable quantum computer.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreStudying nuclear spin in the nanoworld
A new form of NMR technology gives scientists what they need to examine the structure of minute samples.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreAn introduction to nanoscale flexoelectricity
Fexoelectricity is a sizedependent effect which becomes more signifi cant in nanoscale systems. With increasing interest in nanoscale and nano-bio hybrid materials, fl exoelectricity will continue to gain prominence.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreMetal goes organic
The observation of truly metallic behavior in an organic material heralds a new generation of electronic devices.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreCollaborative effort to advance NEMS switch technology for ultra low power digital systems
A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics and Stanford University will collaborate to advance innovations in nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) switch technology for ultra low power digital systems.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreBlack gold: enabling bright, high rep-rate electron beams
Free electron lasers (FELs) have proven their worth, but next-generation light sources will have to do better than produce ultrabright x-ray pulses 100 or so times a second. What's needed is megahertz rep rate, a million times a second. Since it's electrons that make the x-rays, the only way to achieve that kind of performance is with an electron gun that can deliver tight electron bunches with high charge, high energy, and a very high repetition rate.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreDevelopment of a graphene transistor with a new operating principle
A graphene transistor with a new operating principle that is controlled by voltages applied to two top gates.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read morePlaying quantum tricks with measurements
A team of physicists at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, performed an experiment that seems to contradict the foundations of quantum theory - at first glance.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreQuantum cryptography put to work for electric grid security
LANL's quantum cryptography team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreThe world's most sensitive plasmon resonance sensor inspired by ancient Roman cup
Utilizing optical characteristics first demonstrated by the ancient Romans, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a novel, ultra-sensitive tool for chemical, DNA, and protein analysis.
Feb 14th, 2013
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