For the first time, researchers have directly seen how organic molecules bind to other materials at the atomic level. Using a special kind of electron microscopy, this information can lead to increasing the life span of electronic devices, for example.
Jul 28th, 2015
Read moreWhile still a fledgling technology, the potential applications are nearly endless. Everything from de-icing helicopter blades to making lighter loudspeakers to doubling as a car speaker and heating filament for back windshield defrosters.
Jul 28th, 2015
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Researchers have used trapped atomic ions to construct a system that could potentially support a type of symmetry-protected quantum state.
Jul 28th, 2015
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Using unique mechanical experiments and close-up video, researchers have shown how ants use microscopic 'combs' and 'brushes' to keep their antennae clean, which could have applications for developing cleaners for nanotechnology.
Jul 28th, 2015
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At a surface or interface the electron spin can form specific patterns but it remains in the surface plane. Researchers have now succeeded in turning the spin out of the plane, and they explain why this is a principle property.
Jul 28th, 2015
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Researchers have formulated a theory of asymmetric (or nonreciprocal) camouflage that can achieve unidirectional transparency in which 'they cannot see us, but we can see them'.
Jul 28th, 2015
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Researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun's spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.
Jul 28th, 2015
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Scientists have introduced a two-step, one-pot conversion of CO2 and epoxides to polycarbonate block copolymers that contain both water-soluble and hydrophobic regions and can aggregate into nanoparticles or micelles.
Jul 27th, 2015
Read moreResearchers present a novel modulator that is a hundred times smaller and that can, therefore, be easily integrated into electronic circuits. Moreover, the new modulator is considerably cheaper and faster than common models, and it uses far less energy.
Jul 27th, 2015
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Coating the inside of glass microtubes with a polymer hydrogel material dramatically alters the way capillary forces draw water into the tiny structures, researchers have found. The discovery could provide a new way to control microfluidic systems, including popular lab-on-a-chip devices.
Jul 27th, 2015
Read moreA 'flat-pack' construction of a powerful new superconductor paves the way for wearable and miniature electronics.
Jul 27th, 2015
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Researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to exchange a quantum bit, the minimum unit of information used by quantum computers, between a superconducting quantum-bit circuit and a quantum in a magnet called a magnon.
Jul 27th, 2015
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Researchers have developed a plasmonic device that, combined with semiconductor quantum dots, could one day be turned into an ultrafast light-emitting diode for optical computing.
Jul 27th, 2015
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Nanoionics is a new area of research in which ionic currents are conducted on the scale of nanometers; and it may one day lead to innovative technologies. Scientists have now made an important step toward the construction of artificial ionic circuits.
Jul 26th, 2015
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X-ray methods reveal interactions of active metals with gas molecules.
Jul 24th, 2015
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Researchers that you don't need a magnetic material to create spin current from insulators. This discovery has important implications for the field of spintronics and the development of high-speed, low-power electronics that use electron spin rather than charge to carry information.
Jul 24th, 2015
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