The same electrostatic charge that can make hair stand on end and attach balloons to clothing could be an efficient way to drive atomically thin electronic memory devices of the future.
Oct 11th, 2017
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A new way to control the positioning of individual molecules on the surface of materials that are only a single layer of atoms thick has been discovered.
Oct 11th, 2017
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A different type of lithium sulfur battery could be more efficient, less expensive and safer.
Oct 11th, 2017
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New grants to create new materials for solar cells and new photocatalysts for storing the energy they generate.
Oct 11th, 2017
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Substituting atoms in the process of making two-dimensional alloys not only allows them to be customized for applications but also can make them magnetic.
Oct 11th, 2017
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A new fabrication method offers the advantages of simple steps, convenient operation, controllable pore size, and a specific surface area.
Oct 11th, 2017
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Researchers have discovered promising approaches as to how we might produce batteries out of waste graphite and scrap metal.
Oct 11th, 2017
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Better lubricating properties of lamellar liquid crystals could stem from changing the mobility of their structural dislocations by adding nanoparticles.
Oct 11th, 2017
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An international, interdisciplinary research team of scientists has come up with a machine-learning method that predicts molecular behavior, a breakthrough that can aid in the development of pharmaceuticals and the design of new molecules that can be used to enhance the performance of emerging battery technologies, solar cells, and digital displays.
Oct 11th, 2017
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Scientists have studied the effects of using zinc oxide nanoparticles on agriculture.
Oct 11th, 2017
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By improving our understanding of blood flow in vivo the nanoprobes represent an opportunity to help in the early diagnosis of disease.
Oct 11th, 2017
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This new material could one day be used for advanced bio-inspired computing.
Oct 11th, 2017
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Engineers have created a new technological solution to the pressing global challenge of water scarcity by creating a suite of solar steam generation devices that are at once efficient, easily accessible, environmentally friendly, biodegradable, and extremely low cost.
Oct 10th, 2017
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Air travel times could be drastically reduced by boron nitride nanotubes.
Oct 10th, 2017
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Scientists have developed a method for the highly convenient, real-time monitoring of lipolysis by testing a person's exhalations during exercise.
Oct 10th, 2017
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Researchers image perfectly smooth side-surfaces of 3-D silicon crystals with a scanning tunneling microscope, paving the way for smaller and faster computing devices.
Oct 10th, 2017
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