Physicists have demonstrated the deterministic generation of entangled photon states using a single semiconductor quantum dot, and could thereby outperform fundamental sensitivity boundaries, unattainable with classical light.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Focus on the development of drug carriers from polymer chemicals for use in biological systems.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated how to remove from and add elementary charges to a nanosphere that can be used for measuring extremely weak forces.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Scientists have developed an artificial synapse capable of simulating a fundamental function of our nervous system - the release of inhibitory and stimulatory signals from the same 'pre-synaptic' terminal.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Researchers have found a way to create and clean tiny mechanical sensors in a scalable manner. They created these sensors by suspending a two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride over small holes in a silicon substrate.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Controlled rupturing of thin films can make low-cost nanopatterned arrays for solar cells and biomolecular detection.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Better understanding the principles of silicon etching leads to improved surface patterning.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Superalloys are the wonder materials of metallurgy. By fine-tuning their composition, scientists can increase mechanical strength and improve resistance to corrosion and high-temperature shape changes.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2017
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Bottom-up synthesis of tunable carbon nanoribbons provides a new route to enhance industrial, automotive reactions.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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Measuring 32 atoms, Canadian scientists have created a maple leaf 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level using a new variation on the photoacoustic effect, a technique that measures the sound generated when light interacts with molecules.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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Coating of individual bacterial cells with an electron-conducting polymer provides for a high-performance anode for microbial fuel-cell applications.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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A diagnostic technique that can detect tiny molecules signalling the presence of cancer could be on the horizon.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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The silver nanowires are held together in the polymer so that they touch, and as long as the polymer doesn't dissolve, the nanowires will form a path to conduct electricity similar to the traces on a circuit board.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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Materials scientists and bioelectrochemical engineers may have created an innovative, cost-competitive electrode material for cleaning pollutants in wastewater.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2017
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