Engineers develop first tunable, chip-based 'vortex microlaser' and detector
Encoding information in twisting beams of light could break bandwidth bottleneck in optical communications.
Jun 18th, 2020
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The negative-capacitance transistor - Building an ideal MOSFET
Electrical and computer engineering researchers demystify the role of negative capacitance in modern MOSFETs.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreLossless conduction at the edges
Atomically thin layers of the semimetal tungsten ditelluride conduct electricity losslessly along narrow, one-dimensional channels at the crystal edges. The material is therefore a second-order topological insulator.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreNovel insight reveals topological tangle in unexpected corner of the universe
Scientists find a unique knotted structure - one that repeats itself throughout nature - in a ferroelectric nanoparticle, a material with promising applications in microelectronics and computing.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreNew single particle diffraction method
Algorithms, gold and holographic references boost biomolecule diffraction.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreStudy finds electrical fields can throw a curveball
Particle-scale phenomenon akin to the swerving of a curveball could allow selective separation of suspended nanomaterials.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreNanoneedles to increase the capacity and robustness of digital memories
Researchers developed a new technique to locally modify the properties of a metamagnetic material. The method consists in applying local pressure to the surface of the material using nanometric needles and allows a much more easy and local modification than current methods.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreHigh-security identification that cannot be counterfeited
Reseaerchers create millimeter-size chips with unique color patterns that cannot be forged.
May 26th, 2020
Read moreUnderstanding ceramic materials' 'mortar' may reveal ways to improve them
New research shows that in the important ceramic material silicon carbide, carbon atoms collect at those grain boundaries when the material is exposed to radiation. The finding could help engineers better understand the properties of ceramics and could aid in fine-tuning a new generation of ceramic materials.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreNew double-contrast technique picks up small tumors on MRI
A new technique offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick out even very small tumors from normal tissue.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreResearchers obtain 2D magnetism in both carbon and polyradical nanosheets
Scientists report that they have obtained edge-induced room-temperature ferromagnetism in both carbon nanosheets and two-dimension (2D) organic antiferromagnetic polyradical nanosheets.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreWatching single protons moving at water-solid interfaces
A new study has provided the first-ever glimpse of the behavior of protons when water comes into contact with a solid surface, going down to the ultimate scale of single proton and single charge.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreNew molecules for innovative high-tech materials
Sandwich compounds based on rare earths might serve as novel molecular materials for more efficient storage media or displays in future.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreMicrobial cyborgs: Bacteria supplying power
One day, 'microbial cyborgs' might be used in fuel cells, biosensors, or bioreactors. Scientists have created the necessary prerequisite by developing a programmable, biohybrid system consisting of a nanocomposite and the Shewanella oneidensis bacterium that produces electrons.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreRecord-high data transmission using a soliton crystal
An international team of researchers has developed an efficient way to create micro-combs and exploit them in highly performing and robust frequency multiplexed optical fibre networks.
May 25th, 2020
Read moreOriented hexagonal boron nitride foster new type of information carrier
A novel alternative to current computers is to utilize the wave quantum number of the electrons by which the information encoding is possible without physically moving the carriers. This study shows that manipulation of the wave quantum number is possible by controlling the stacking configuration and the orientation of different two-dimensional materials.
May 22nd, 2020
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