Using a ring of 16 detectors and a circularly polarized laser beam, scientists can determine duration and energy of ultra-short, high-intensity X-ray flashes with attosecond accuracy.
Jun 28th, 2018
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Physicists are developing and testing innovative 2D nanomaterials for possible use as high-efficiency solar cells.
Jun 28th, 2018
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Physicists observe strong interactions between photons of different colour in an atom-cavity system.
Jun 28th, 2018
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Researchers have developed flexible terahertz imagers based on chemically 'tunable' carbon nanotube materials. The findings expand the scope of terahertz applications to include wrap-around, wearable technologies as well as large-area photonic devices.
Jun 28th, 2018
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Researchers have achieved a new level of precision working with single molecules. They succeeded in placing an ultrathin molecule in an upright position on a flat layer of silver atoms - and the molecule remained standing instead of reverting to its naturally favoured position.
Jun 27th, 2018
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Researchers optimize the tradeoff between catalyst activity and stability in acidic liquids.
Jun 27th, 2018
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Scientists investigated the effect of hierarchical Bi2MoO6 nanosheet arrays growing on three-dimensional Ni foam synthesized by one-step template-free route.
Jun 27th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types of light, can mimic animals' changes in color.
Jun 27th, 2018
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Scientists report that they have developed a wireless tagging device that can send signals to smartphones warning consumers and food distributors when meat and other perishables have spoiled.
Jun 27th, 2018
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A new type of camouflage makes a human hand invisible to a thermal camera.
Jun 27th, 2018
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Scientists have managed to control the photon energy density inside opaque materials such as white paint.
Jun 27th, 2018
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Researchers have discovered another peculiar and potentially useful property of graphene, one-atom-thick sheets of carbon, that could be useful in guiding nanoscale self-assembly or in analyzing DNA or other biomolecules.
Jun 27th, 2018
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For the first time, researchers have created a nanocomposite of ceramics with a two-dimensional material that opens the door to new designs of nanocomposites with a variety of applications, such as solid-state batteries thermoelectrics, varistors, catalysts, chemical sensors and much more.
Jun 26th, 2018
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Lighter gold nanoparticles could replace thicker, heavier layered polymers used in displays? back-reflectors.
Jun 26th, 2018
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FLIM used to analyze whole mouse tumor with cellular resolution.
Jun 26th, 2018
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Innovation paves the way for scaling up biohybrid systems to synthesize fuels, chemicals.
Jun 26th, 2018
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