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Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology manage to study the physics that connect the classical the quantum world.
Sep 9th, 2013
Read moreScientists at the Vienna University of Technology manage to study the physics that connect the classical the quantum world.
Sep 9th, 2013
Read moreResearchers develop new imaging technique to study the function of entire nervous systems.
Sep 9th, 2013
Read moreAfter touch screens, researchers demonstrate electronic recording and replay of human touch.
Sep 7th, 2013
Read moreResearchers have recently developed a method by which different crystals can be separated by their density in a magnetic field. They have now demonstrated the extraordinary efficiency of separation through 'magnetic levitation'.
Sep 7th, 2013
Read moreThe new patch can quicken drug delivery time while cutting waste, and can likely minimize side-effects in some cases, notable in vaccinations and cancer therapy.
Sep 7th, 2013
Read moreNSF, EPA renew funding for UC CEIN, whose research seeks to safeguard health and safety while promoting innovation.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreDNA is the blueprint for life. Could it also become the template for making a new generation of computer chips based not on silicon, but on an experimental material known as graphene?
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreA new method to grow germanium crystals at low temperatures may lead to next-generation large-scale integrated circuits and future flexible electronics.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreA team of researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden has designed a microplasma source capable of exciting matter in a controlled, efficient way. This miniature device may find use in a wide range of applications in harsh environments, but can also help revolutionize archaeology.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreBy blending their expertise, two materials science engineers at Washington University in St. Louis changed the electronic properties of new class of materials - just by exposing it to light.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreNorth Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells, which should improve the overall efficiency of solar energy devices and reduce the cost of solar energy production. The new connections can allow these cells to operate at solar concentrations of 70,000 suns worth of energy without losing much voltage as 'wasted energy' or heat.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read morePhysicists find a compound to more efficiently convert waste heat to electrical power.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreResearchers report human skin based triboelectric nanogenerators that can either harvest biomechanical energy or be utilized as a self-powered tactile sensor system for touch pad technology.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreIt is control that turns scientific knowledge into useful technology - control over aerodynamic processes allows a pilot to land an aircraft, and control over the structure of atomic layers on a silicon wafer underpins semiconductor engineering.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreNYU physicists have discovered that nanomagnets with a preferred up or down magnetization are sensitive to heating or cooling, more than expected.
Sep 6th, 2013
Read moreResearch has taken an important step towards standardising important electrical parameters of graphene such as surface potential and work function. The nascent graphene industry requires these standardised measurements so that the properties of graphene are understood well enough for it to be widely used in commercial electronic devices.
Sep 6th, 2013
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