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Light-emitting metallic gels

New family of luminescent materials could find broad uses in chemical and biological detectors.

September 3, 2015 Read more

Please do spill the oxygen

Scientists show how clusters funnel atoms to create oxygen pools that benefit biofuels, fuel cells, and sensors.

September 2, 2015 Read more

For 2-D boron, it's all about that base

Scientists have theoretically determined that the properties of atom-thick sheets of boron depend on where those atoms land.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Biodegradable nanogenerator made from DNA can generate power from touch (w/video)

Researchers report the development of a biodegradable nanogenerator made with DNA that can harvest the energy from everyday motion and turn it into electrical power.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Cooperative carbon capture by a novel MOF material that mimics a plant enzyme

Innovative materials adsorb carbon dioxide via an unprecedented cooperative insertion mechanism.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Scientists predict phagraphene, a 'relative' of graphene

Scientists, using computer generated simulation have predicted the existence of a new two-dimensional carbon material, a 'patchwork' analogue of graphene called phagraphene.

September 2, 2015 Read more

A nanoscale view of a marine creature's magic trick (w/video)

Crystal nanostructures on the sea sapphire's back appear differently depending on the angle of reflection.

September 2, 2015 Read more

New microfluidics device to determine bacteria's antibiotic resistance

This microfluidic technology uses microscale electric field gradients, acting on extremely small samples, to tell the difference between the two strains (antibiotic-resistant and antibiotic-susceptible) of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Quantum dot solar cell exhibits 30-fold concentration

By combining designer quantum dot light-emitters with spectrally matched photonic mirrors, a team of scientists created solar cells that collect blue photons at 30 times the concentration of conventional solar cells, the highest luminescent concentration factor ever recorded.

September 2, 2015 Read more

New, ultrathin optical devices shape light in exotic ways

Engineers have created flat devices capable of manipulating light in ways that are very difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional optical components.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Designing resilient 3D hierarchical metamaterial nanolattices (w/video)

Researchers have designed a new kind of hierarchical nanostructure that is stronger than previous lattice structures and bounces back with less damage after compression.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Synthesizing nanodiamond-like carbon chains inside nanotubes

The inner space of carbon nanotubes can act as a template for the synthesis of nanodiamond-like carbon chains. As a team of scientists report, this templated polymerization approach paves the way for the design of novel one-dimensional nanomaterials.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Shift from electronics to spintronics opens up possibilities of faster data

Electronics is based on measuring the tiny electrical charge of electrons passing through electronic circuits. An alternative approach under development is spintronics, which instead relies not on electrons' charge, but on another of their fundamental quantum-mechanical properties: spin.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Turning clothing into information displays

Researchers have demonstrated the world's first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor (TFT) driven LED display laminated into textiles.

September 2, 2015 Read more

Scientists 'squeeze' light one particle at a time

A team of scientists have measured a bizarre effect in quantum physics, in which individual particles of light are said to have been 'squeezed' - an achievement which at least one textbook had written off as hopeless.

September 1, 2015 Read more

Water heals a bioplastic (w/video)

A drop of water self-heals a multiphase polymer derived from the genetic code of squid ring teeth, which may someday extend the life of medical implants, fiber-optic cables and other hard to repair in place objects, according to an international team of researchers.

September 1, 2015 Read more