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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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreCooperative carbon capture by a novel MOF material that mimics a plant enzyme
Innovative materials adsorb carbon dioxide via an unprecedented cooperative insertion mechanism.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreScientists 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreA 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreQuantum 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew, 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreDesigning 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreSynthesizing 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreShift 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.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreTurning clothing into information displays
Researchers have demonstrated the world's first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor (TFT) driven LED display laminated into textiles.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreScientists '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.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2015
Read moreWater 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.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2015
Read moreWaste coffee used as fuel storage
Scientists have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane. The simple soak and heating process develops a carbon capture nanomaterial with the additional environmental benefits of recycling a waste product.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2015
Read moreButterfly wings help break the status quo in gas sensing
The unique properties found in the stunning iridescent wings of a tropical blue butterfly could hold the key to developing new highly selective gas detection sensors.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2015
Read moreGrowth factor-free porous films capable of promoting angiogenesis
Researchers have developed tissue adhesive porous films that promote angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) without using growth factors.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2015
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