New research reveals that molybdenum disulfide nanosheets are promising for memristors. The material's success comes down to engineering atomic structures.
Feb 3rd, 2016
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How the collective motion of electrons interacting with crystal atoms can be fine-tuned to harvest excess heat.
Feb 3rd, 2016
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With their chitinous shells, insects seem almost invulnerable - but like Achilles' heel in Greek mythology, their impressive armor can still be attacked.
Feb 3rd, 2016
Read moreA materials scientist has discovered a way to grow a crystal ball in a lab. Not the kind that soothsayers use to predict the future, but a microscopic version that could be used to encapsulate medication in a way that would allow it to deliver its curative payload more effectively inside the body.
Feb 3rd, 2016
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Researchers use microdroplets to study non-equilibrium reactions like those in living organisms.
Feb 3rd, 2016
Read moreThis novel material is ideal for applications such as oil spill cleaning, heat insulation as well as packaging, and it can potentially be used as coating materials for drug delivery and as smart materials for various biomedical applications.
Feb 3rd, 2016
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Researchers have designed and developed an in-situ snow cleaning method specifically for CMM styli after finding general cleaning solutions available on the market today were unfit for purpose.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Engineers found a way to keep a cancerous tumor from growing by using nanoparticles of the main ingredient in common antacid tablets.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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A new type of ultra-thin semiconductor laser under development can be integrated with mainstream electronics on the same silicon substrate with increased capacity and energy efficiency.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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When hydrogen is cycled into palladium nanoparticles, it alters and degrades the particles' structure over time due to strain.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Sandcastle worms serve as inspiration for a new type of underwater adhesive.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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The next generation of electronics, as well as ultra-sensitive medical diagnostics, could depend on near atomic scale cracks - or nanogaps - in electrodes. Now, researchers have developed a method that could pave the way for mass production of nanogap electrodes.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Researchers are developing a new method of cooling in which heat and cold are transferred using shape memory materials made from a nickel-titanium alloy.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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An international group of physicists has created an artificial material with a structure comparable to graphene.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Compressing cells allows delivery of new fluorescent tags to track proteins in living cells.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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The structure's struts and braces are made of glassy carbon and are less than 1 micron long and 200 nm in diameter. They are smaller than comparable metamaterials by a factor of 5.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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