Fast storage material in neutron light
Novel phase change memory materials can work a thousand times faster than current flash memory chips, while being significantly more durable.
Dec 13th, 2018
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'Implosion fabrication' allows to shrink 3D objects to the nanoscale
It's not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreAn energy-efficient way to stay warm: Sew nanowire heating patches to your clothes
Scientists have found a cost-effective way to make thin, durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse tiny silver wires with polyester.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreHigh-efficiency discovery drives low-power computing
Discovery of atomic-scale binary logic powers faster, more energy-efficient electronics.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreWhen heat ceases to be a mystery, spintronics becomes more real
Physicists have for the first time described in detail the dynamic phenomena occurring at the interface between a ferromagnetic metal and a semiconductor.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreNew discovery improves use of optical tweezers
Researchers have developed a method that greatly simplifies and improves the use of optical tweezers.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreMicroscopic devices that control vibrations could allow smaller mobile devices
Researchers take step forward with phononics, for ultrasound-based information processing.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreScientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells
Chemists have identified a new catalyst that maximizes the effectiveness of platinum.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreMagic number colloidal clusters
Scientists have decoded the structure and the process behind the formation of one class of such highly ordered clusters. Their findings have increased understanding of how structures are formed in clusters.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreData use draining your battery? Tiny device to speed up memory while also saving power
Researchers have discovered a new functionality in a two-dimensional material that allows data to be stored and retrieved much faster on a computer chip, saving battery life.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read morePushing lithium ion batteries to the next performance level
Chemists have developed a new nanostructured anode material for lithium ion batteries, which extends the capacity and cycle life of the batteries.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreStudying how unconventional metals behave, with an eye on high-temperature superconductors
Using laser light to trap atoms in a checkerboard-like pattern, scientists studied how resistance -- the loss of electrical current as heat -- can develop in unconventional metals.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreLight-guiding nanodevice could help answer fundamental questions about quantum physics
Researchers use light-guiding nanoscale device to measure and control position of optically trapped nanoparticle with record sensitivity.
Dec 13th, 2018
Read moreBarely scratching the surface: A new way to make robust membranes
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique's viability for membranes.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreThe stiffest porous lightweight materials ever
Researchers have developed and fabricated material architectures that are equally strong in all three dimensions, and that are simultaneously extremely stiff.
Dec 12th, 2018
Read moreHelping the anti-parasitic medicine go down with nanocapsules
Scientists have developed a new way to deliver anti-parasitic medicines more efficiently.
Dec 12th, 2018
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