Anti-fouling, hydrophobic metal or plastic surfaces that imitate shark skins, engraved by a new laser technology, could soon replace the toxic varnishes used in ship coatings to stop algae or barnacles sticking to hulls - reducing maintenance costs, fuel bills and CO2 emissions.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Physicists have made mechanical vibrations on a chip behave as if they were electrical currents flowing in a magnetic field.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Scientists have developed photo-sensitive artificial nerves that emulated functions of a retina by using 2-dimensional carbon nitride nanodot materials.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Novel nanotechnologies could be used as brain implants, modulating the activity of nerve cells electrochemically and treating neurological diseases.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Researchers engineer nanoparticles with sugar molecules to prevent side effect in cancer therapy.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Researchers have succeeded for the first time in using a single caesium atom as a sensor for ultracold temperatures.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Using a material's spin property to carry current opens up the possibilities to transfer data at much higher speed and achieves better energy efficiency than traditional devices that rely on electrical charges. However, this requires a material that can generate long-lived pure spin current with high efficiency.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Researchers have designed and fabricated an untethered microrobot that can slip along either a flat or curved surface in a liquid when exposed to ultrasound waves. Its propulsion force is two to three orders of magnitude stronger than the propulsion force of natural microorganisms such as bacteria or algae.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Scientists have demonstrated a way to experimentally detect the most hidden aspect of all chemical reactions - the extremely short-lived transition state that occurs at their initiation. This pivotal discovery could become instrumental in gaining the ability to predict and externally control the outcomes of chemical processes.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Researchers have demonstrated an entirely new way to precisely control electrical currents by leveraging the interaction between an electron's spin and its orbital rotation around the nucleus.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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Researchers show that networks and from and persist without the particles sticking to one another if the particles behave as liquid crystals.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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Findings expand understanding of catalyst-intermediary-reaction relationship.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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Researchers have created a unique device which will unlock the elusive terahertz wavelengths and make revolutionary new technologies possible.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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Self-propelled onion-like microvehicle can attract, trap, and destroy biological threats.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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Using supercomputer simulations and a large dataset of materials, researchers found a connection between distortions in the material's atomic structure and the amount of energy required to separate a proton from the material. When this connection occurs, it makes protons heavier and slower, inhibiting proton conduction.
Jan 31st, 2020
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Scientists created devices based on one Weyl semimetal, tantalum arsenide. They observed that this material was able to convert more light to electricity than any other material. The conversion was 10 times higher than previous measurements with other materials.
Jan 31st, 2020
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