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An 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

High-efficiency discovery drives low-power computing

Discovery of atomic-scale binary logic powers faster, more energy-efficient electronics.

Dec 13th, 2018

When 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

New discovery improves use of optical tweezers

Researchers have developed a method that greatly simplifies and improves the use of optical tweezers.

Dec 13th, 2018

Microscopic devices that control vibrations could allow smaller mobile devices

Researchers take step forward with phononics, for ultrasound-based information processing.

Dec 13th, 2018

Scientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells

Chemists have identified a new catalyst that maximizes the effectiveness of platinum.

Dec 13th, 2018

Magic 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

Data 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

Pushing 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

Studying 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

Light-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

Barely scratching the surface: A new way to make robust membranes

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique's viability for membranes.

Dec 12th, 2018

The 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.