Dentistry researchers have developed a filling material with tiny particles made by self-assembly of antimicrobial drugs, designed to stop bacteria in its tracks.
Jan 30th, 2018
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Researchers have created a customizable, fabric-like power source that can be cut, folded or stretched without losing its function.
Jan 30th, 2018
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MXene material could help produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Picture a tiny, makeshift muscle that can curl a 20 milligram suspended weight when exposed to light. Under the right conditions, another mix packs enough power to bench-press a dime.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Scientists have measured how strongly a charge carrier's spin interacts with a magnetic field in diamond. This crucial property shows diamond as a promising material for spintronic devices.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Fullerenes were first discovered by Harry Kroto in the 1970s, a feat for which he and his colleagues received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Recently, they have been found in winds emitted by red giants and in interstellar medium.
Jan 29th, 2018
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A research team has realized strong coupling between distant phonon modes, by introducing a third resonator as a phonon cavity mode. Varying the resonant frequency of the phonon cavity mode, the coupling strength between distant phonon modes can be continuous tuned.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Researchers have developed flexible vertical micro LEDs (f-VLEDs) using anisotropic conductive film (ACF)-based transfer and interconnection technology.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Topological insulators are a fascinating group of materials. A spin-polarization occurs, as soon as an electric current flows in the material. Scientists have measured this now for the first time optically at room temperature.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Scientists have developed a synthetic 'virus' that kills bacteria on first contact.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Researchers have built a superconducting switch that 'learns' like a biological system and could connect processors and store memories in future computers operating like the human brain.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Nanoparticles that transport medicines to a specific part of the human body are usually broken down in the liver prematurely. Researchers have discovered a new method to prevent this from happening.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Physicists demonstrate technologically feasible read-out and writing of digital information in antiferromagnets / Basic principle for ultrafast and stable magnetic memory.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Gold nanospheres can be manipulated on surfaces with nanometer precision using the effects of solvent evaporation.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Combining X-ray and electron data, researchers observe the rapid atomic response of iron-platinum nanoparticles to light, which could help control future magnetic data storage devices.
Jan 26th, 2018
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