New 'designer carbon' boosts battery performance
Scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies.
May 29th, 2015
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Beyond crystallography: Diffractive imaging using coherent x-ray light sources
A new paper reviews and analyzes the rapid development of brilliant X-ray sources that scientists worldwide have used for a broad range of applications of his invention in physical and biological sciences.
May 29th, 2015
Read moreEven steps to quantum computation
A rare class of quantum state that could be useful in information processes is observed in a two-dimensional oxide material system.
May 29th, 2015
Read moreNIOSH and P3NANO sign MOU to advance knowledge of cellulose-based nanotechnology
The partnership between NIOSH and P3NANO will serve as a platform for occupational safety and health research as well as educational and business initiatives leading to the development of new risk management guidance, recommendations, and findings relating to the potential human health impacts of exposure to nanoscale cellulose materials.
May 28th, 2015
Read morePhysicists conduct most precise measurement yet of interaction between atoms and carbon surfaces
Physicists have conducted the most precise and controlled measurements yet of the interaction between the atoms and molecules that comprise air and the type of carbon surface used in battery electrodes and air filters - key information for improving those technologies.
May 28th, 2015
Read moreBreakthrough heralds super-efficient light-based computers
Light can transmit more data while consuming far less power than electricity, and an engineering feat brings optical data transport closer to replacing wires.
May 28th, 2015
Read moreChemists discover key reaction mechanism behind the highly touted sodium-oxygen battery
Chemists have described a key mediation pathway that explains why sodium-oxygen batteries are more energy efficient compared with their lithium-oxygen counterparts.
May 28th, 2015
Read moreCould computers reach light speed?
Trapped light waves go farther than expected, giving insights on designing computer circuit interconnects that work at nearly the speed of light.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreSpiraling laser pulses could change the nature of graphene
A new study predicts that researchers could use spiraling pulses of laser light to change the nature of graphene, turning it from a metal into an insulator and giving it other peculiar properties that might be used to encode information.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreMagnetization dynamics in a checkerboard optical lattice
Scientists studied the magnetic and motional dynamics of atoms in a specially designed laser-based lattice that looks like a checkerboard.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreBioresorbable electronic stent could provide feedback and therapy - then dissolve
Scientists a new kind of multi-tasking stent that could minimize the risks associated with a procedure to unblock clogged arteries. It can sense blood flow and temperature, store and transmit the information for analysis and can be absorbed by the body after it finishes its job.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreA foundation for nanotechnology education
The Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Network initiated the development of two new standards: Guide for Workforce Education in Nanotechnology Health and Safety, and Practice for Workforce Education in Nanotechnology Characterization.
May 27th, 2015
Read morePhysicists solve quantum tunneling mystery
An international team of scientists studying ultrafast physics have solved a mystery of quantum mechanics, and found that quantum tunneling is an instantaneous process.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreNanotechnology helps protect patients from bone infection
Scientists have discovered nanotechnology could hold the key to preventing deep bone infections, after developing a treatment which prevents bacteria and other harmful microorganisms growing.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreNanosilver and the future of antibiotics
Precious metals like silver and gold have biomedical properties that have been used for centuries, but how do these materials effectively combat the likes of cancer and bacteria without contaminating the patient and the environment?
May 27th, 2015
Read moreLinking superconductivity and structure
Superconductivity is a rare physical state in which matter is able to conduct electricity without any resistance. It can only be found in certain materials, and even then it can only be achieved under controlled conditions of low temperatures and high pressures. New research hones in on the structural changes underlying superconductivity in iron arsenide compounds - those containing iron and arsenic.
May 27th, 2015
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