The new device was fabricated by combining a solid electrolyte with a magnetic material, and enabling insertion/removal of ions into/from the magnetic material through application of voltage.
Jun 27th, 2016
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New electron-beam writing technique controls electronic properties for future on-demand re-configurable electronics.
Jun 27th, 2016
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Researchers experimentally discovered that an organic compound can exhibit the large thermoelectric effect when it becomes semiconducting materials at extremely low temperature.
Jun 27th, 2016
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Nanocoating to make soap pour cleanly out of plastic bottles, reduce waste and frustration.
Jun 27th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new tool for detecting and measuring the polarization of light based on a single spatial sampling of the light, rather than the multiple samples required by previous technologies.
Jun 24th, 2016
Read moreChemists have come one step closer to generating energy from sunlight: for the first time, they were able to reproduce one of the crucial phases of natural photosynthesis with artificial molecules.
Jun 24th, 2016
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With a surface resembling that of plants, solar cells improve light-harvesting and thus generate more power.
Jun 24th, 2016
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The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) has announced the winners of the latest round of EnvisioNano, a nanotechnology image contest for students.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Biology has inspired new ways to harvest and collect water.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Rapid discovery power is similar to what gene chips offer biology.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Math, biology and nanotechnology are becoming strange, yet effective bed-fellows in the fight against cancer treatment resistance. Researchers have engineered a revolutionary new approach to cancer treatment that pits a lethal combination of drugs together into a single nanoparticle.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Multifunctional lens could replace bulky, expensive machines.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Physicists have devised a method for creating a special quantum entangled state. This state enables producing a high-precision ruler capable of measuring large distances to an accuracy of billionths of a metre.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Scientists demonstrated the effect of the all-optical switching between streams of photons using non-linear metamaterials.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Scientists have reported a new technique to determine the chemical composition of materials using near-infrared light.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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Researchers have devised and demonstrated a novel approach to nanoactuation that relies on magnetomechanics instead of the conventional electromechanics utilized in micro and nanoactuated mechanical systems.
Jun 23rd, 2016
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