The perils of platinum
Curtailing precious metal use to bring new energy storage and production online.
Jun 16th, 2015
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What the blank makes quantum dots blink?
Calculations confirm that surface flaws are behind fluorescence intermittency in silicon nanocrystals.
Jun 16th, 2015
Read moreResearch team fuses art, engineering to create stretchable batteries (w/video)
Researchers have used a variation of origami, called kirigami, as a design template for batteries that can be stretched to more than 150 percent of their original size and still maintain full functionality.
Jun 16th, 2015
Read moreStacking semiconductors for artificial photosynthesis
Nanowire-based design incorporates two semiconductors to enhance absorption of light.
Jun 16th, 2015
Read moreDesigner electronics out of the printer
Optimized printing process enables custom organic electronics.
Jun 16th, 2015
Read moreResearchers sequence and assemble first full genome of a living organism using smartphone size device
Researchers have for the first time sequenced and assembled de novo the full genome of a living organism, the bacteria Escherichia Coli, using a genome sequencer that can fit in the palm of your hand.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreA new and game-changing magnetoresistance
Material scientists have found a new kind of magnetoresistance that promises further insight into basic research and could one day be used for practical applications.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreResearchers develop a new type of gecko-like gripper
Researchers are developing a new kind of gripper, motivated by the ability of animals like the gecko to grip and release surfaces, that is perfectly suited for the delicate work involved in semiconductor manufacturing.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreBuckle up for fast ionic conduction
Material engineers found that the performance of ion-conducting ceramic membranes that are so important in industry depends largely on their strain and buckling profiles. For the first time, scientists can now selectively manipulate the buckling profile, and thus the physical properties, allowing new technical applications of these membranes.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreWorld's thinnest lightbulb - graphene gets bright (w/video)
Engineers create bright, visible light emission from one-atom thick carbon.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreScientists see elements transform at atomic scale
Byproduct of research may lead to new way to irradiate cancer with gold-bonded isotopes.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreResearchers develop the first flexible phase-change random access memory
Researchers have developed the first flexible PRAM enabled by self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) silica nanostructures with an ultralow current operation (below one quarter of conventional PRAM without BCP) on plastic substrates.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreA bright light for ultrafast snapshots of materials
Researchers develop a bright, high-repetition-rate laser source in the extreme UV for studies of ultrafast materials dynamics.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreMeasuring discrete quantum states of metallic nanoparticles
A newly develped method only requires a single electrode to be in direct contact with a nanoparticle or molecule, thus significantly simplifying fabrication. Researchers achieved this by embedding nanoparticles on a substrate in an electric resonant circuit and sending a radio-frequency signal to the device.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreA protective shield for sensitive catalysts: hydrogels block harmful oxygen
An international research team has found a way of protecting sensitive catalysts from oxygen-caused damage. In the future, this could facilitate the creation of hydrogen fuel cells with molecular catalysts or with biomolecules such as the hydrogenase enzyme.
Jun 15th, 2015
Read moreResearchers grind nanotubes to get nanoribbons (w/video)
A simple way to turn carbon nanotubes into valuable graphene nanoribbons may be to grind them. The trick is to mix two types of chemically modified nanotubes. When they come into contact during grinding, they react and unzip, a process that until now has depended largely on reactions in harsh chemical solutions.
Jun 15th, 2015
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