Scientists revisited a materials approach previously deemed lackluster - using a molecule originally developed for organic LEDs - achieving outstanding performance and efficiency. Their findings pave the way for many novel photonic technologies, such as better solar cells and photocatalysts for hydrogen and hydrocarbon productions.
Nov 25th, 2021
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In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients or act as more lifelike prostheses.
Nov 25th, 2021
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Researchers have developed an ionic artificial vision device capable of increasing the edge contrast between the darker and lighter areas of an mage in a manner similar to that of human vision.
Nov 25th, 2021
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It is the hardest known glass with the highest thermal conductivity among all glass materials.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Combining nanotechnology and machine learning inspired by nature's spiderwebs, researchers were able to make a nanomechanical sensor vibrate in extreme isolation from everyday noise. This breakthrough has large implications for the study of gravity and dark matter, as well as the fields of quantum internet, navigation and sensing.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Trillion percent change of resistance can be achieved in the new material by simply rotating the direction of spin.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Scientists have developed a new technique for quantum gas microscopy that now allows imaging of three-dimensional quantum systems. The new method can be used to explore entirely new regimes.
Nov 24th, 2021
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On-chip frequency shifters in the gigahertz range could be used in next generation quantum computers and networks.
Nov 24th, 2021
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By combining two-dimensional materials, researchers create a macroscopic quantum entangled state emulating rare earth compounds.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Magnetic vortices could be manipulated by waste heat to realize low-power computing applications.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Scientists have shown that they can manipulate single skyrmions - tiny magnetic vortices that could be used as computing bits in future ultra-dense information storage devices - using pulses of electric current, at room temperature.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Researchers have succeeded in addressing an apparently unattainable energy transition in an artificial atom using laser light. Making use of the so-called radiative Auger process, they were the first team to specifically excite it.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings and behaviours of superbugs to gain new insights into how they cause disease.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Scientists have discovered, for the first time, a giant thermoelectric effect in an antiferromagnet.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Researchers developed an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help physicians monitor bone health and healing over long periods.
Nov 24th, 2021
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The involvement between electron transfer (ET) and catalytic reaction at electrocatalyst surface makes electrochemical process challenging to understand and control. How to experimentally determine ET process occurring at nanoscale is important to understand the overall electrochemical reaction process at active sites.
Nov 24th, 2021
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