Physicists demonstrate technologically feasible read-out and writing of digital information in antiferromagnets / Basic principle for ultrafast and stable magnetic memory.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Gold nanospheres can be manipulated on surfaces with nanometer precision using the effects of solvent evaporation.
Jan 29th, 2018
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Combining X-ray and electron data, researchers observe the rapid atomic response of iron-platinum nanoparticles to light, which could help control future magnetic data storage devices.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Recent improvements could allow rectennas - which convert electromagnetic fields at optical frequencies directly to electrical current - to operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Scientists use a new x-ray platform to see microscale details in monolayer material's electronic structure.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Researchers have designed a system of minuscule two-ended hooks, made out of calcite, that can 'grow' from silicone into tissue to fix themselves into place.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Scientists have proved that unconventional AFM probes are suitable to acquire a trueness piezoelectric signal in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy.
Jan 26th, 2018
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A new study shows that our immune system handles graphene oxide in a manner similar to pathogens, paving the way for safer biomedical applications of this two-dimensional material.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Researchers showed that quantum information of an electron spin can be transported to a photon, in a silicon quantum chip. This is important in order to connect quantum bits across the chip and allowing to scale up to large numbers of qubits.
Jan 25th, 2018
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The discovery brings the worlds of spintronics and nanophotonics closer together and might lead to the development of an energy-efficient way of processing data, in data centres, for example.
Jan 25th, 2018
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Scientists have proven that a silicon-gold nanoparticle can act as an effective source of white light when agitated by a pulse laser in IR band.
Jan 25th, 2018
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Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics.
Jan 25th, 2018
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Scientists are optimizing nanostructures for energy devices such as solar cells.
Jan 25th, 2018
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Researchers have experimented with a combination of laser technology and chemical knowledge, coming up with a sensor consisting of one single molecule that is a few hundred times more accurate than existing devices used to measure nano-forces on the molecular level.
Jan 25th, 2018
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