How to discover new materials quickly
Material libraries, high-throughput experiments, big data, and artificial intelligence are expected to ensure that nothing is left to chance when it comes to new discoveries.
Jul 10th, 2019
Read moreMaterial libraries, high-throughput experiments, big data, and artificial intelligence are expected to ensure that nothing is left to chance when it comes to new discoveries.
Jul 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists have discovered a new method that could be used to build quantum sensors with ultra-high precision.
Jul 10th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed the first microchip valve powered by living cells. Earthworm muscle tissue allowed for a high contractile force that could be sustained for minutes, and unlike electrically controlled valves, did not require any external power source such as batteries.
Jul 10th, 2019
Read moreA research team led by physicists, has observed, characterized, and controlled dark trions in a semiconductor - ultraclean single-layer tungsten diselenide - a feat that could increase the capacity and alter the form of information transmission.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreIn work that could open a floodgate of future applications for a new class of nanomaterials known as MXenes, researchers have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to prevent the materials' rapid degradation.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreSignificant advances in the understanding of P-Type GaN semiconductor formation mechanisms and techniques enable mass production of GaN devices.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreScientists have developed a method that can image nonfluorescent catalytic reactions - reactions that don't emit light - on nanoscale particles.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreA theory from 2006 predicts that it should be possible to use graphene in a magnetic field not only to absorb terahertz and infrared light on demand but also to control the direction of the circular polarisation. Researchers now have succeeded in testing this theory and achieved the predicted results.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreIt is now possible to search for over 300 nanomaterials found in the EU and link them to hazard data.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreA new technique squeezes quantum dots to emit single photons with precisely the same color and with positions that can be less than a millionth of a meter apart.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreDevelopment of 3D electrochemical model to improve battery energy density and efficiency of electric vehicles.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreA new breakthrough has the potential to improve sensors used to test for diseases and detect doping in sports.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreBy using the wave nature of heat in holey nanostructures heat conduction can be reduced by over hundredfold.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have discovered 'greener' nanocrystals that can be manipulated to produce high-quality pictures and lighting in electronic devices such as televisions.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreA research collaboration combines theory and experimental expertise, discovering new magnetic properties of two-dimensional Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) towards spintronic applications promising faster, more efficient computing.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreScientists chemically treated the surface of wire-looking nanostructures made of zinc oxide to apply a uniform coating of titanium dioxide; these semiconducting nanowires could be used as high-activity catalysts for solar fuel production.
Jul 8th, 2019
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