Breakthrough work advances path for nanoscale spin-wave majority gates
Scientists have presented breakthrough results supporting the building of technology-relevant majority gates based on spin waves.
Oct 31st, 2016
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Researchers nearly reached quantum limit with nanodrums
Extremely accurate measurements of microwave signals can potentially be used for data encryption based on quantum cryptography and other purposes.
Oct 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers surprised at the unexpected hardness of gallium nitride
A research team discovers that the widely used semiconducting material is almost as wear-resistant as diamonds.
Oct 28th, 2016
Read moreElectrical currents can be now be switched on and off at the atomic scale
Electrical currents can be now be switched on and off at the smallest conceivable scale enabling a new generation of 'green electronics' with the potential for great impact on the digital economy.
Oct 28th, 2016
Read moreNew technique reveals powerful, 'patchy' approach to nanoparticle synthesis (w/video)
Scientists use 3D visualization to map striking and transformative nanoscale surface structures.
Oct 28th, 2016
Read moreThe search for disorder in order
A signature of an exotic state of matter that remains disordered even at very low temperatures has been experimentally identified.
Oct 28th, 2016
Read moreNew surfaces repel water in oil as well as oil in water
Researchers have developed new surface materials that are extremely difficult to wet both by water and oil. Because they don't need isolating air to stay trapped between the droplet and rough surface to prevent wetting, these surface materials work even when wet by another liquid.
Oct 28th, 2016
Read moreNovel light sources made of two-dimensional materials
Physicists have designed a light source that emits photon pairs. Two-photon sources are particularly well suited for tap-proof data encryption. The experiment's key ingredients: a semiconductor crystal and some sticky tape.
Oct 28th, 2016
Read moreNanotechnology engineers design an infinitesimal computing device
Engineers have developed a design for a functional nanoscale computing device. The concept involves a dense, three-dimensional circuit operating on an unconventional type of logic that could, theoretically, be packed into a block no bigger than 50 nanometers on any side.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read moreIntroducing metallic ions within a DNA molecule will have many uses in bio- and nanotechnology
Scientists have proven, for the first time, that introducing slight chemical modifications in DNA molecules may allow to introduce metallic ions in it, keeping its double-stranded structure and molecular recognition properties (for other DNA molecules, enzymes, proteins, etc.).
Oct 27th, 2016
Read morePrototype device for measuring graphene-based electromagnetic radiation created
Physicists have studied carbon structures, obtained from the reduced graphene oxide. They the created a bolometer prototype on the basis of these structures.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read moreMetamaterial device allows chameleon-like behavior in the infrared
An electric current will not only heat a hybrid metamaterial, but will also trigger it to change state and fade into the background like a chameleon in what may be the proof-of-concept of the first controllable metamaterial device, or metadevice, according to a team of engineers.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read moreControlling the properties of matter in two-dimensional crystals
By creating atomic chains in a two-dimensional crystal, researchers believe they have found a way to control the direction of materials properties in two and three dimensional crystals with implications in sensing, optoelectronics and next-generation electronics applications.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read more'Nanobottles' offer blueprint for enhanced biological imaging
Researchers have developed a new technique to provide cellular 'blueprints' that could help scientists interpret the results of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read moreFood waste mixed with carbon nanotubes could store solar and wind energy
Some scientists have been exploring sugar alcohols as a possible material for making thermal storage work, but this direction has some limitations. One group of researchers wanted to investigate how mixing carbon nanotubes with sugar alcohols might affect their energy storage properties.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read moreWhere nanotechnology can learn from green chemistry
The intersection of nanotechnology and green chemistry presents an excellent opportunity to ensure that both fields can learn from each other.
Oct 27th, 2016
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