Building a better (nano) bowtie
Bowtie-shaped nanostructures may advance the development of quantum devices.
Jul 5th, 2016
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Record speed and accuracy achieved with single-electron pumps
Scientists have measured silicon single-electron pumps with the highest speed and accuracy ever achieved, paving the way towards practical primary standards for electric current.
Jul 5th, 2016
Read moreA little impurity makes nanolasers shine
Scientists have improved the performance of tiny lasers by adding impurities, in a discovery which will be central to the development of low-cost biomedical sensors, quantum computing, and a faster internet.
Jul 5th, 2016
Read moreNew discovery could better predict how semiconductors weather abuse
Mimicking nature is not easy, but new insights could help create a viable artificial system of photosynthesis.
Jul 5th, 2016
Read moreFrom super to ultra-resolution microscopy (w/video)
A new method pushes the frontier in imaging resolution, with the potential to distinguish individual features in single molecules.
Jul 5th, 2016
Read moreHow water gets its exceptional properties
Using artificial neural networks, researchers have examined the atomic interactions of water molecules. Based on their findings, they explain the melting temperature of ice and the density maximum at four degrees Celsius - based solely on computer simulations.
Jul 5th, 2016
Read moreA close up look at ultra-thin nanomaterials for industrial use
The EU-funded 2DInterFOX project is seeking new insights into the behaviour of nanomaterials - the results could help manufacturers develop new electronic and energy-related products, potentially boosting their competitiveness.
Jul 5th, 2016
Read moreNanoformulations allow design of programmable RNA vaccines
Tests in mice show the vaccines work against Ebola, influenza, and a common parasite.
Jul 4th, 2016
Read moreSeeing RNA at the nanoscale (w/video)
Microscopy technique allows scientists to pinpoint RNA molecules in the brain.
Jul 4th, 2016
Read moreDiscovery could dramatically boost efficiency of perovskite solar cells
Nanoscale images yield surprise that could push efficiency to 31 percent.
Jul 4th, 2016
Read moreNewly discovered catalysts performs highly selective conversion of CO2 into ethylene
The results open up new possibilities for designing catalysts on the nanoscale with specific activity and selectivity.
Jul 4th, 2016
Read moreSelbstorganisierende Nano-Tinten bilden durch Stempeldruck leitf�hige und transparente Gitter
Forscher haben eine neue selbstorganisierende Nano-Tinte mit einem Stempeldruckverfahren kombiniert. Damit lassen sich druckbare Materialien herstellen, die transparent sind und deren Leitfaehigkeit auch bei Verformung hoch bleibt.
Jul 4th, 2016
Read moreElectronic nose smells pesticides and nerve gas
Detecting pesticides and nerve gas in very low concentrations. An international team of researchers has made it possible.
Jul 4th, 2016
Read more3-D paper-based microbial fuel cell operating under continuous flow condition
Scientists have demonstrated a proof-of-concept three-dimensional paper-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) that could take advantage of capillary action to guide the liquids through the MFC system and to eliminate the need for external power.
Jul 1st, 2016
Read moreResearcher pursues new applications for 'hot' electrons
NSF grant funds effort to find new uses for porous gold nanoparticles.
Jul 1st, 2016
Read moreNew biomaterial developed for injectable neuronal control
Silicon-based invention is tiny, soft, wirelessly functional.
Jul 1st, 2016
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