World's most efficient nanowire lasers
Materials with extraordinary performance in solar cells are discovered to be efficient, tunable lasers at room temperature.
Jun 17th, 2016
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Nanotechnology extends shelf life of fresh fruit
An international research team is developing nanotechnology-based applications of hexanal, a natural plant extract that extends the storage life of harvested fruit.
Jun 17th, 2016
Read moreTiny mirror improves microscope resolution for studying cells
A tiny mirror could make a huge difference for scientists trying to understand what's happening in the micron-scale structures of living cells.
Jun 17th, 2016
Read moreSupergelators hold key to more effective oil spill cleanup
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
Read moreA new approach to building efficient thermoelectric nanomaterials
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
Read moreNew see-through material for electronics
A low-cost, stable oxide film is highly conductive and transparent, rivaling its predecessors.
Jun 16th, 2016
Read moreNew method to measure nano-mechanical bending
New advances in nanometrology are opening new opportunities to convert nanomechanical biosensors to reliable consumer products.
Jun 16th, 2016
Read moreProgress in the application of spin effects in graphene: from the metal to the semiconductor world
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
Read morePhysicists to study atomic-layer black phosphorus for its potential use in fiber-optic communication
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
Read moreBiological nano-drones can vaccinate against cancer
Miniscule biological nano-drones are to teach the human immune system how to recognize and eliminate cancer cells.
Jun 16th, 2016
Read moreNonlinear effects in graphene membranes can be used for next-generation ICT
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
Read moreLiquid crystals open new route to planar optical elements
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
Read moreU.S. military stresses importance of nanotechnology
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
Read morePhysicists deploy magnetic vortex to control electron spin
Potential technology for quantum computing, keener sensors.
Jun 15th, 2016
Read moreNew X-ray method allows scientists to probe molecular explosions
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
Read moreDroplets finally all the same size - in a nanodroplet library
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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