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Terahertz computer chip is now within reach

Researchers have created technology that will enable our computers - and all optic communication devices - to run 100 times faster through terahertz microchips.

Mar 25th, 2018

Researchers unveil high-sensitivity 3-D technique using single-atom measurements

Scientists have unveiled a stunningly accurate technique for scientific measurements which uses a single atom as the sensor, with sensitivity down to 100 zeptoNewtons.

Mar 23rd, 2018

Breakthrough antimalarial drug delivery system using mesoporous silica nanoparticles

An international collaborative research group has successfully developed the world's first drug delivery system for antimalarial drugs. The treatment has increased efficiency up to 240 times as much as when antimalarial medicine is taken orally.

Mar 23rd, 2018

Reducing noise in silicon quantum dots boosts calculation precision

The quantum equivalents of computer bits can be manipulated quicker and more precisely by using techniques that liberate them from intrinsic ?hyperfine noise?.

Mar 23rd, 2018

Sharpening the X-ray view of the nanocosm

Novel lens enables microscopy with nanometer resolution.

Mar 23rd, 2018

Small poke - huge unexpected response

Exotic material exhibits an optical response in enormous disproportion to the stimulus - larger than in any known crystal.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Sniffing out the foundational science of sensors

Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Making shiny pellets of graphite from functionalized graphene (w/video)

Researchers use mechano-chemical process to make strong, lightweight material.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Electric textile lights a lamp when stretched

Researchers have developed a fabric that converts kinetic energy into electric power. The greater the load applied to the textile and the wetter it becomes the more electricity it generates.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Golden touch: Next-gen optical disk to solve data storage challenge (w/video)

New technology offer cost-efficient and sustainable solution to global data storage challenge, while enabling the pivot from Big Data to Long Data and opening new realms of scientific discovery.

Mar 22nd, 2018

In field tests, device harvests water from desert air

The new device could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Can objects feel one another before touching?

Scientists have found out the mechanisms whereby two objects feel each other before 'touching' and the characteristics of the contact between their first atoms.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Scientists control molecular alignment on a graphene surface

Researchers have developed a simple way to align molecules in one direction on a flat graphene surface. Efficiently controlling molecular alignment is expected to lead to significant progress in surface chemistry and molecular engineering, as well as materials science.