New technology offer cost-efficient and sustainable solution to global data storage challenge, while enabling the pivot from Big Data to Long Data and opening new realms of scientific discovery.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2018
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The new device could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2018
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Scientists have found out the mechanisms whereby two objects feel each other before 'touching' and the characteristics of the contact between their first atoms.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2018
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Researchers have developed a simple way to align molecules in one direction on a flat graphene surface. Efficiently controlling molecular alignment is expected to lead to significant progress in surface chemistry and molecular engineering, as well as materials science.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2018
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A promising discovery for advanced cancer therapy reveals that the efficiency of drug delivery in DNA nanostructures depends on their shapes.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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New method could aid in design of pharmaceuticals and optical and data storage materials.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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Development of a theoretical basis for ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric materials led to a new material with twice the piezo response of any existing commercial ferroelectric ceramics.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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A team of researchers compared the susceptibility of different triangle silver nanoprisms (TSNPRs) towards H2O2 and elucidated the influence of capping agents and structural size on the etching process, with the aim of optimizing TSNPRs for H2O2 etching-based biosensors, such as glucose and glucose oxidase.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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Scientists use hollow gold-silver nanoshells to boost the efficiency of photocatalysts, where the combined nanocomposite materials generate hydrogen from water, powered only by sunlight.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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Researchers have demonstrated reliable operation of microelectromechanical relays by coating the contacts with nanocrystalline layers of graphite, to enable ultra-low-power electronics for harsh environments.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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It's likely not the first thing you think of when you see elephant dung, but this material turns out to be an excellent source of cellulose for paper manufacturing in countries where trees are scarce, scientists report.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
Read moreTiny floating robots could be useful in all kinds of ways, for example, to probe the human gut for disease or to search the environment for pollutants. In a step toward such devices, researchers describe a new marriage of materials, combining ultrathin 2-D electronics with miniature particles to create microscopic machines.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2018
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Nature-inspired 3-D printed solutions to solve perhaps one of the worst manmade dilemmas.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2018
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Use of indium gallium phosphide with I-MacEtch processing shows promise for more cost effective fabrication and increased performance in devices from photonics to telecommunications.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2018
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Researchers have discovered that the naturally occurring gaps between individual layers of two-dimensional materials can be used as a sieve to separate different atoms.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2018
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With an atomic structure resembling a Japanese basketweaving pattern, 'kagome metal' exhibits exotic, quantum behavior.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2018
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