Wearable E-skin can measure heart rate and blood pressure, and paper diagnostic machines the size of a credit card can give instant readings on blood and saliva samples.
Posted: May 12th, 2015
Read moreCurrently, organic materials used in these devices offer greater versatility and efficiency at a lower cost than the available inorganic ones, but they show stability problems when in contact with an aqueous medium. Researchers have now achieved an exceptional stability in these devices, which represents an important step in obtaining solar fuels from organic materials.
Posted: May 12th, 2015
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Device can measure the distribution of tiny particles as they flow through a microfluidic channel.
Posted: May 12th, 2015
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An international research group has developed a technique for creating nanoscale whispering galleries for electrons in graphene. The development opens the way to building devices that focus and amplify electrons just as lenses focus light and resonators (like the body of a guitar) amplify sound.
Posted: May 12th, 2015
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In what marks a significant step forward for artificial intelligence, researchers have demonstrated the functionality of a simple artificial neural circuit. For the first time, a circuit of about 100 artificial synapses was proved to perform a simple version of a typical human task: image classification.
Posted: May 12th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have built the one of the world's first electronic multi-state memory cell which mirrors the brain's ability to simultaneously process and store multiple strands of information.
Posted: May 12th, 2015
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By combining 3D holographic lithography and 2D photolithography, researchers have demonstrated a high-performance 3D microbattery suitable for large-scale on-chip integration with microelectronic devices.
Posted: May 11th, 2015
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A moth's eye and lotus leaf were the inspirations for an antireflective water-repelling, or superhydrophobic, glass coating that holds significant potential for solar panels, lenses, detectors, windows, weapons systems and many other products.
Posted: May 11th, 2015
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Tuning up Rydberg atoms for quantum information applications.
Posted: May 11th, 2015
Read morePhysicists were able to show for the first time that the nuclear spins of single molecules can be detected with the help of magnetic particles at room temperature.
Posted: May 11th, 2015
Read moreAn international team of scientists have pioneered a new technique to embed transparent, flexible graphene electrodes into fibres commonly associated with the textile industry.
Posted: May 11th, 2015
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Scientists have successfully visualized anisotropic carrier motion by using time-resolved microscopic optical second-harmonic generation (TRM-SHG) imaging.
Posted: May 11th, 2015
Read moreResearchers produced biocompatible and biodegradable non-ionic polymeric nanocarriers that can be used in the targeted anticancer drug delivery.
Posted: May 9th, 2015
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A convenient procedure to visualize defects on graphene layers by mapping the surface of carbon materials with an appropriate contrast agent.
Posted: May 8th, 2015
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Scientists have not only uncovered the quantitative secret to understanding friction in materials, like graphite, they even invented a way to measure it.
Posted: May 8th, 2015
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By speeding up a real atomic force microscope and slowing down a simulation of one, researchers have conducted the first atomic-scale experiments on friction at overlapping speeds.
Posted: May 8th, 2015
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