Researchers have developed methods to control defects in two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, that may lead to improved membranes for water desalination, energy storage, sensing or advanced protective coatings.
Oct 10th, 2016
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An international collaboration has discovered a new method to inscribe exotic magnetic patterns such as magnetic monopoles into thin ferromagnetic films. Such unconventional orientation of magnetic domains might open a new path for the design of energy efficient data storage.
Oct 10th, 2016
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A new tool that uses a forest-like array of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes that can be finely tuned to selectively trap viruses by their size can increase the detection threshold for viruses and speed the process of identifying newly-emerging viruses.
Oct 7th, 2016
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Scientists have created a material that could make reading biological signals, from heartbeats to brainwaves, much more sensitive.
Oct 7th, 2016
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Engineers have developed an innovative bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the nanostructured carbon-based materials needed to make energy storage cells.
Oct 7th, 2016
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Researchers have developed all-electrical ultra-thin quantum LEDs, which have potential as on-chip photon sources in quantum information applications, including quantum networks for quantum computers.
Oct 7th, 2016
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A short and simple synthetic route for thiophene-fused aromatic compounds.
Oct 7th, 2016
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New research has demonstrated that a nanoscale device, called a memristor, could be used to power artificial systems that can mimic the human brain.
Oct 7th, 2016
Read moreThe process of photosynthesis, through which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy, involves a carefully choreographed transfer of energy from molecule to molecule. Exactly how the energy is moved is not fully understood, as it is extremely difficult to observe these transfers, which take place extremely rapidly and on a very small scale.
Oct 7th, 2016
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A study offers evidence that small morphological changes can lead to large changes in function. The gecko adhesive apparatus, one of the most spectacular innovations displayed by vertebrates, has been intensively studied for the last 16 years and is of considerable interest to nanotechnologists and biomimeticists.
Oct 7th, 2016
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A technique that uses fluorescent dyes to measure the temperature inside living cells is helping to reveal the mechanism by which living organisms generate heat.
Oct 7th, 2016
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A layer of diamond can prevent high-power electronic devices from overheating.
Oct 7th, 2016
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This webinar is the first in a series exploring the confluence of nanotechnology and water.
Oct 7th, 2016
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Researchers have confirmed the existence of a naturally occurring exotic property in which a material becomes thicker when stretched - the opposite of most materials - a discovery that could lead to new studies into the fundamental science of nano-materials behavior.
Oct 7th, 2016
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An analysis of electron behavior explains why the phase-change material iron-tellurium best conducts electricity in its disordered amorphous phase.
Oct 7th, 2016
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Fine-grained microstructure could toughen protective coatings.
Oct 7th, 2016
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