In a bid to improve the technology utilized by cleanup crews to manage and contain such large spills, researchers have invented a smart nanofiber-based oil-scavenging material or supergelators that could help clean up oil spills efficiently and rapidly to prevent secondary pollution.
Jun 17th, 2016
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By doping a thermoelectric material with minute amounts of sulfur, a team of researchers has found a new path to large improvements in the efficiency of materials for solid-state heating and cooling and waste energy recapture.
Jun 16th, 2016
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A low-cost, stable oxide film is highly conductive and transparent, rivaling its predecessors.
Jun 16th, 2016
Read moreNew advances in nanometrology are opening new opportunities to convert nanomechanical biosensors to reliable consumer products.
Jun 16th, 2016
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Graphene on silicon carbide could be an interesting candidate for future spintronics components. Squeezing gold atoms between the semiconducting substrate and graphene does enhance spin-orbit interaction at hot spots and shows ways to controll the spins.
Jun 16th, 2016
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The National Science Foundation has awarded $466,954 to physicists to study the ultra-thin material black phosphorous for its potential use in fiber-optic communication.
Jun 16th, 2016
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Miniscule biological nano-drones are to teach the human immune system how to recognize and eliminate cancer cells.
Jun 16th, 2016
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Like drums in regular drumsets, graphene membranes at the nanoscale possess a distinct set of oscillating modes that correspond to specific oscillation frequencies. The modes can be excited by applying an external voltage.
Jun 16th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a technology to control the light wavefront reflected from a cholesteric liquid crystal - a liquid crystal phase with a helical structure.
Jun 16th, 2016
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If there is one lesson to glean from Picatinny Arsenal's new course in nanomaterials, it's this: never underestimate the power of small.
Jun 16th, 2016
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Potential technology for quantum computing, keener sensors.
Jun 15th, 2016
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Scientists used high-intensity, quick-burst X-rays to look at how the atoms in a molecule change when the molecule is bombarded with X-rays.
Jun 15th, 2016
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A single drop with the volume of a millionth of a litre is really not very large and certainly does not look like something you can do a lot with. However, a simple device can split the microdroplet into a collection of equally-sized nanodroplets.
Jun 15th, 2016
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To get lithium batteries up to snuff for more ambitious applications, researchers report a new solution that involves low-cost, renewable loofah sponges.
Jun 15th, 2016
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Researchers develop low-cost, single-layer glass coating that blocks heat, making glass a more sustainable building material.
Jun 15th, 2016
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Researchers are one step closer to developing a new generation of low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells. The structure is one of the world's first examples of a tri-layer metasurface absorber using a carbon interlayer.
Jun 15th, 2016
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