How can you improve the cutting of 'gummy' metals? Engineers have come up with an answer - and their findings may help in manufacturing products and reducing component failures.
Dec 17th, 2020
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Researchers have experimentally realized the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a multilayered insulator, essentially producing a multilane highway for the transport of electrons that could increase the speed and efficiency of information transfer without energy loss.
Dec 16th, 2020
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Researchers have developed tiny 'Janus balls' that show their colored side under a magnetic field. These microparticles could be useful in inks for anti-counterfeiting tags, which could be verified with an ordinary magnet, the researchers say.
Dec 16th, 2020
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Printing with an ink-jet printer is part of daily life, but the same technology finds more complex applications in electronics and in protein separation. These applications rely on the quality of the printing process which depends on the flow of the 'ink' through narrow pores.
Dec 16th, 2020
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A team of scientists have solved the longstanding problem of how electrons move together as a group inside cylindrical nanoparticles.
Dec 16th, 2020
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Researchers have created a new carbon-based electrical device by using an ionic gel made of a conductive polymer. This work may lead to cheaper and more reliable flexible printable electronics.
Dec 16th, 2020
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Instant analysis of magnetic Hamiltonian parameters through electron microscopy.
Dec 16th, 2020
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An international research team has demonstrated a novel process to modify the structure and properties of graphene. This chemical reaction, known as photocycloaddition, modifies the bonds between atoms using ultraviolet (UV) light.
Dec 16th, 2020
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Silicon single-electron/hole transistors (SETs/SHTs) and super-high frequency nanoelectromechanical resonators show great potentials in quantum computation, sensing and many other areas.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Researchers report the development of a class of novel amorphous nanoparticles made up of calcium and citrate, which are capable of breaching the barriers to uptake, and killing tumor cells in a targeted fashion.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Cutting-edge computer modeling techniques to predict the properties of 2D materials that haven't yet been made in real life.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Scientists found that nature's ubiquitous 'weak' force is sufficient to indent rigid nanosheets, extending their potential for use in nanoscale optics or catalytic systems.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a highly efficient technique for producing a unique fullerene crystal, called fullerene finned-micropillar (FFMP), that is of significant use for next-generation electronics.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Researchers believe that earphones will be the next significant milestone in wearable devices, and that new hardware, software, and apps will all run on this platform.
Dec 15th, 2020
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A new diagnostic tool, operando X-ray spectroscopy, visualizes the structure and gradients of complex technical catalysts in three dimensions, thus allowing us to look into functioning chemical reactors.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a method using a robotic arm that allows them to select individual particles under an electron microscope and place them on a nanoelectrode for electrochemical analysis.
Dec 15th, 2020
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