Something from nothing: Using waste heat to power electronics
Researchers develop an improved energy-harvesting device that can convert heat to electricity.
Feb 12th, 2020
Read moreResearchers develop an improved energy-harvesting device that can convert heat to electricity.
Feb 12th, 2020
Read moreResearchers used electron microscopy to observe the cause of failure in a widely used 2D material, which could help researchers develop more stable and reliable materials for flexible electronic devices.
Feb 11th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have developed a novel formulation that describes how heat spreads within crystalline materials. Their equations will make it easier to design next-generation electronic devices at the nanoscale, in which these phenomena can become prevalent.
Feb 11th, 2020
Read moreScientists combine data analysis techniques with molecular dynamics simulations to understand the structure of water on material surfaces.
Feb 11th, 2020
Read moreResearchers use models and experiments to guide and harness transition waves in multi-stable mechanical structures.
Feb 11th, 2020
Read moreCryogenic electron microscopy can in principle make out individual atoms in a molecule, but distinguishing the crisp from the blurry parts of an image can be a challenge. A new mathematical method may help.
Feb 11th, 2020
Read moreThis new human blood-brain barrier on a chip gets its surprising edge by giving astrocytes 3D living space.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreScientists have designed the world's smallest all-digital phase-locked loop (PLL). PLLs are critical clocking circuits in virtually all digital applications, and reducing their size and improving their performance is a necessary step to enabling the development of next-generation technologies.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreSuperconductors are regarded as promising components for quantum computers, but so far they only function at very low temperatures. Scientists now demonstrated a so-called energy quantization in nanowires of high-temperature superconductors.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreScientists non-invasively released antitumor drug from polymer containers modified with iron oxide nanoparticles inside primary cancer cells.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreA material shaped like a one-dimensional DNA helix might further push the limits on a transistor's size. The material comes from a rare earth element called tellurium.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have developed a flexible ionic conductor that is water-processable and thermal stable.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreAn international team of researchers has revealed new insights into the workings of a lithium battery by virtually 'unrolling' its coil of electrode layers using an algorithm designed for papyrus scrolls.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreScientists used a silver sawtooth nanoslit array to produce valley-coherent photoluminescence in two-dimensional tungsten disulfide flakes at room temperature. Until now, this could only be achieved at very low temperatures.
Feb 7th, 2020
Read moreNew research shows how simple, microscopic robots, remotely driven by magnetic fields, can use capillary forces to manipulate objects floating at an oil-water interface.
Feb 7th, 2020
Read moreScientists have shown that copper oxide particles on the sub-nanoscale are more powerful catalysts than those on the nanoscale. These subnanoparticles can also catalyze the oxidation reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons far more effectively than catalysts currently used in industry.
Feb 7th, 2020
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