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Coming to a monitor near you: Notorious 'perfection'

Superacid treatment of semiconductors could lead to atomically perfect transparent displays and energy-efficient computer chips.

Jul 25th, 2016

Materials based on clusters of atoms may revolutionize the whole solar cell industry

Lead-free, more efficient solar cells and other optoelectronics devices will likely be based on a family of materials known as hybrid perovskites. Scientists identified how to control different properties and stability in these solar cell materials using lead-free preparation.

Jul 25th, 2016

Modeling sunlight harvesting in nanostructures

Predicting nanosystems with unanticipated properties can advance next-generation solar panels and electronics.

Jul 25th, 2016

New grant for injectable stem-cell carrying microspheres to regenerate bones

Scientists have secured GBP 1.2m to develop injectable stem cell-carrying materials to treat and prevent fractures caused by osteoporosis and other bone-thinning diseases.

Jul 25th, 2016

Self-healing textiles not only repair themselves, but can neutralize chemicals

Someday, chemically protective suits made of fabric coated in self-healing, thin films may prevent farmers from exposure to organophosphate pesticides, soldiers from chemical or biological attacks in the field and factory workers from accidental releases of toxic materials, according to a team of researchers.

Jul 25th, 2016

Nanostructured bacterial film makes new mortar resistant to water uptake

Scientists have found an unusual way to protect mortar from moisture: When the material is being mixed, they add a biofilm - a soft, moist substance produced by bacteria.

Jul 25th, 2016

New grant to boost organic semiconductor research

New funding toward making environmentally sustainable devices more stable and commercially viable.

Jul 25th, 2016

Graphene partnership could deliver lighter planes (w/video)

A major Chinese investment in graphene research plans to deliver lighter, better performing aircraft and high-speed trains.

Jul 25th, 2016

Scientists develop painless and inexpensive microneedle system to monitor drugs

Researchers have created a microneedle drug monitoring system that could one day replace costly, invasive blood draws and improve patient comfort.

Jul 25th, 2016

Nanocoatings enhance surface effiencies in renewable energy systems

Reducing corrosion, improving heat transfer and fluid dynamics, and using nanocoatings enhances surface effiencies in renewable energy systems.

Jul 25th, 2016

Super-cold microscope Has super cool uses

While 'go big' is the motto for many science initiatives, researchers are hoping a cutting-edge microscope will allow them to 'go deep' to promote biomedical research and discoveries in materials science.

Jul 25th, 2016

Doubling data density

An electronic device that could lead to smaller, low-power memory chips can now be controlled and probed by light.

Jul 25th, 2016

Individual gold atoms can help generate clean fuel

A combined experimental and theoretical study comprising researchers has shed new light on the behaviour of individual gold atoms supported on defective thin cerium dioxide films - an important system for catalysis and the generation of clean hydrogen for fuel.