University of Wollongong researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and the School of Chemistry have printed materials which can actuate and strain gauge.
Dec 20th, 2012
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Waves do not spread in a disordered medium if there is less than one wavelength between two defects. Physicists from the universities of Zurich and Constance have now proved Nobel Prize winner Philip W. Anderson's theory directly for the first time using the diffusion of light in a cloudy medium.
Dec 20th, 2012
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Experiments demonstrate 'quantum spin liquid', which could have applications in new computer memory storage.
Dec 20th, 2012
Read moreWhile some miRNAs impact onset and progression of cancer, others can actually suppress the development of malignant tumors and are useful in cancer therapy. They can also serve as potential biomarkers for early cancer detection.
Dec 20th, 2012
Read moreCement production is responsible for 5% of carbon dioxide emissions. If we are to invent a "green" cement, we need to understand in more detail the legendary qualities of traditional Portland cement.
Dec 20th, 2012
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An international collaboration has demonstrated the ability to make photons emitted by quantum dots at different frequencies identical to each other by shifting their frequencies to match. This "quantum frequency conversion" is an important step for making solid-state, single photon sources, including quantum dots, more useful light sources for photonic quantum information science.
Dec 19th, 2012
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Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar process by which a hot cup of coffee cools.
Dec 19th, 2012
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A research team has confirmed long-standing suspicions among physicists that electrons in a crystalline structure called a kagome (kah-go-may) lattice can form a "spin liquid," a novel quantum state of matter in which the electrons' magnetic orientation remains in a constant state of change.
Dec 19th, 2012
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A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before. The University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed the new therapeutic ultrasound approach say it could lead to an invisible knife for noninvasive surgery.
Dec 19th, 2012
Read moreLow temperature process could make it possible to grow and integrate ceramic thin films onto plastic substrate.
Dec 19th, 2012
Read moreIn the effort to pile more power atop silicon chips, engineers have developed the equivalent of mini-skyscrapers in three-dimensional integrated circuits and encountered a new challenge: how to manage the heat created within the tiny devices.
Dec 19th, 2012
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A new device about the size of a business card could allow health care providers to test for insulin and other blood proteins, cholesterol, and even signs of viral or bacterial infection all at the same time - with one drop of blood.
Dec 19th, 2012
Read moreThe basis of the collaboration between imec and Kuwait University is imec's wafer-based silicon solar cell industrial affiliation program. By joining this program Kuwait University will acquire and further build up knowledge and expertise in advanced silicon solar cell processing technology.
Dec 19th, 2012
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A laser capable of working in the terahertz range enables the 'fingerprint' of, say, a drug to be examined better than can be done using chemical analysis.
Dec 19th, 2012
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Scientists from Aalto University, Finland, have succeeded in organising virus particles, protein cages and nanoparticles into crystalline materials. These nanomaterials studied by the Finnish research group are important for applications in sensing, optics, electronics and drug delivery.
Dec 19th, 2012
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A team of research groups from Austria, France, Germany, and Israel receives 10 Million Euro for joint research on ultracold quantum matter.
Dec 19th, 2012
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