Physicists have designed a handheld device inspired by the sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who and the tricorder in Star Trek that will use the power of MRI and mass spectrometry to perform a chemical analysis of objects.
Mar 8th, 2017
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The latest nanophotonics research could expand the color palette for companies in the fast-growing market for glass windows that change color at the flick of an electric switch.
Mar 8th, 2017
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Nanocomposite material with exceptional optoelectronic properties.
Mar 8th, 2017
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Deposited on a substrate of silicon, some structures of europium silicide appear to vibrate in a way that clearly broadens the possibilities of designing nanomaterials with tailored thermal properties.
Mar 8th, 2017
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New molecule harvests sunlight to create useable material from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Mar 8th, 2017
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When scientists tried to verify that shrinking the nanoparticle size would adversely affect the mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites, they got a big surprise.
Mar 8th, 2017
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Researchers develop a pioneering nanobiodevice that can isolate cancer biomarkers quickly with high resolution.
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A new approach has been found to boosting the lifetime and effectiveness of electronic biomedical devices. The discovery will help the devices better communicate with neural tissue by improving adhesion.
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Scientists have invented a new foam, called Oleo Sponge, that not only easily absorbs oil from water, but is also reusable and can pull dispersed oil from the entire water column - not just the surface.
Mar 8th, 2017
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Researchers developed a semi-transparent organic solar cell that achieves better efficiency and transparency than existing ones.
Mar 7th, 2017
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Individual gold nanorods could be used to develop smaller, portable mercury sensors that test for the highly toxic metal in air, soil and water.
Mar 7th, 2017
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Researchers are developing control algorithms, imaging technology, ultrafast computational methods and human-machine immersion methods to harness the force from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to both image and steer millimeter-sized robots through the body.
Mar 7th, 2017
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For most people, the drip, drip, drip of a leaking faucet would be an annoyance. But for some scientists, what happens inside droplets is the stuff of serious science.
Mar 7th, 2017
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Understanding the motion of vortex domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires.
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In a significant advance, particularly within the microelectronics realm, engineers have established electrical surface treatment of conducting thin films as a physical processing method to reduce surface roughness.
Mar 7th, 2017
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Researchers report the synthesis of resistive random access memories made of graphene electrodes and multilayer hexagonal boron nitride as dielectric. The findings pave the way towards the development of advanced two-dimensional electronic memories.
Mar 7th, 2017
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