Innovative technology has been able to find and facilitate the killing of cancer cells in mice without harming the nearby healthy tissue. A treatment using this technology in humans could reduce the rate of cancer recurrence or metastasis.
Jul 7th, 2016
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Jul 7th, 2016
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In a step that could bring perovskite crystals closer to use in the burgeoning solar power industry, researchers have tweaked their crystal production method and developed a new type of two-dimensional layered perovskite with outstanding stability and more than triple the material's previous power conversion efficiency.
Jul 6th, 2016
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As an important step towards graphene integration in silicon photonics, researchers have published a paper which shows how graphene can provide a simple solution for silicon photodetection in the telecommunication wavelengths.
Jul 6th, 2016
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Researchers have been able to quantify fundamental physical limitations on the performance of cloaking devices, a technology that allows objects to become invisible or undetectable to electromagnetic waves including radio waves, microwaves, infrared and visible light.
Jul 6th, 2016
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Scientists have developed light-powered molecular motors that repetitively bend and unbend, bringing us closer to molecular robots.
Jul 6th, 2016
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A nanocoating of Teflon will reduce friction and wear in manufacturing equipment.
Jul 5th, 2016
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In a new study, chemists demonstrate a multiscale simulation of lead titanate oxide that provides new understanding about what it takes for polarizations within these materials to switch.
Jul 5th, 2016
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Voltage-controlled oscillator could be used in thousands of applications from computers to wearable technologies.
Jul 5th, 2016
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Laser-printed patterns on cellulose paper can serve as a structural support for biochemical high-tech functionalization schemes.
Jul 5th, 2016
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Researchers have succeeded in producing a thin polymer layer containing light-sensitive molecules (azo-dyes). Lying in sunlight, the thin film begins to oscillate spontaneously and irregularly.
Jul 5th, 2016
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Researchers are exploring whether surfaces can shed dirt without being subjected to fragile coatings.
Jul 5th, 2016
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Bowtie-shaped nanostructures may advance the development of quantum devices.
Jul 5th, 2016
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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
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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
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Mimicking nature is not easy, but new insights could help create a viable artificial system of photosynthesis.
Jul 5th, 2016
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