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Design and validation of world-class multilayered thermal emitter using machine learning

Selection of an optimum structure from approximately eight billion candidates may make society more energy efficient.

Mar 15th, 2019

Converting biomass by applying mechanical force

Nanoscientists discover new mechanism to cleave cellulose effectively and in an environmentally friendly way.

Mar 14th, 2019

Solar-powered moisture harvester collects and cleans water from air

Engineers combine hydrogels that are both highly water absorbent and can release water upon heating to create unique material that captures moisture and returns it as clean water.

Mar 14th, 2019

New approach to fabricate nanostructures from multiple materials

New NSF grant to support efforts to create large-scale nanostructures from very small nanocrystals.

Mar 14th, 2019

Exotic 'second sound' phenomenon observed in pencil lead

At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports.

Mar 14th, 2019

Engineering living 'scaffolds' for building materials

Researchers take cues from nature to form living materials with unprecedented control and versatility.

Mar 14th, 2019

Storing energy with eggshells

Biowaste in the form of chicken eggshells has proved to be very effective for energy storage.

Mar 14th, 2019

Lightweight metal foams become bone hard and explosion proof after being nanocoated

Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to absorb the shock waves produced by a detonation. Those are just some of the properties shown by the metallic foams.

Mar 14th, 2019

Touchscreens go 3D with buttons that pulsate and vibrate under your fingertips

Researchers have developed a film that gives touchscreens a third dimension. The thin and extremely lightweight silicone film can adopt a variety of positions and shapes and can be made to execute a single pulse, a pushing motion, a sudden jolt or a prolonged vibration at a specific location on the screen.

Mar 14th, 2019

Researchers create nano-bot to probe inside human cells

Researchers have built a set of magnetic 'tweezers' that can position a nanoscale bead inside a human cell with unprecedented precision. The nano-bot has already been used to study the properties of cancer cells, and could lead to enhanced diagnosis and treatment.

Mar 13th, 2019

Physicists proposed fast method for printing nanolasers from rerovskites

An international research team has developed a new method of synthesizing miniature light sources. It is based on a special laser which produces millions of nanolasers from a perovskite film in a few minutes.

Mar 13th, 2019

X-ray analysis of carbon nanostructures helps material design

Nanostructures made of carbon are extremely versatile: they can absorb ions in batteries and supercapacitors, store gases, and desalinate water. How well they cope with the task at hand depends largely on the structural features of the nanopores. A new study has now shown that structural changes that occur due to morphology transition with increasing temperature of the synthesis can also be measured directly -- using small-angle X-ray scattering.