Scientists have developed a transistor based on excitons that is able to function at room temperature. This breakthrough could lead to a new breed of faster, more energy efficient and smaller electronics.
Jul 25th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a device with an array of 40 sensors based on gold nanoparticles or single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Jul 25th, 2018
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The U.S. DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded researchers $1.1 million to study single nanoparticles and their ability to act as electrocatalysts.
Jul 25th, 2018
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Researchers are now able to measure the processes taking place in a perovskite solar cell with great precision.
Jul 25th, 2018
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Scientists have developed a lasing system already adept at producing tiny light packets called photons into a tunable system that also makes little bits of mechanical energy called phonons - the energy products of oscillation, or vibration.
Jul 25th, 2018
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The research succeeded in the first experimental realisation and structural investigation of single-layer vanadium disulphide.
Jul 25th, 2018
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Researchers have synthesized multi-layered nanowires in order to study their magnetoresistance properties. Improving this effect will allow scientists to increase the accuracy of indicators of various measuring instruments, such as compasses and radiation monitors.
Jul 24th, 2018
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Researchers describe a new way to produce long-awaited silicon building blocks in a simple and efficient way.
Jul 24th, 2018
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Scientists have developed new nanotube biosensors using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids, such as blood and urine.
Jul 24th, 2018
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Using an advanced, new microscopy technique that can visualize chemical reactions occurring in liquid environments, researchers have discovered a new reason lithium-oxygen batteries tend to slow down and die after just a few charge/discharge cycles.
Jul 24th, 2018
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Millimeter-scale chip uses less power to create quantum random numbers at high speeds.
Jul 24th, 2018
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Scientists observe the real-time formation of hollow structures in the galvanic replacement reaction between silver and gold with nanometre resolution, gaining insights on the mechanisms behind the structural transformations.
Jul 24th, 2018
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Elastomeric composites can flex, grip, release, or rotate when exposed to lasers, diffuse light or sunlight.
Jul 23rd, 2018
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Scientists designed a regime showing that heat treatments removed the defects in the bulk structure of Lithium-rich NMC materials and restored the battery output voltage.
Jul 23rd, 2018
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Researchers have introduced a new approach to assemble specially designed microscopic blocks into small gear-like machines.
Jul 23rd, 2018
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A team of researchers have developed an 'artificial synapse' that does not process information like a digital computer but rather mimics the analog way the human brain completes tasks.
Jul 23rd, 2018
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