Carbon nanotubes help healing hearts keep the beat (w/video)
Carbon nanotubes serve as bridges that allow electrical signals to pass unhindered through new pediatric heart-defect patches.
Sep 23rd, 2014
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A special material could unlock potential for faster computing
Engineers discovered a way to create a special material - a metal layer on top of a silicon semiconductor - that could lead to cost-effective, superfast computers that perform lightning-fast calculations but don't overheat.
Sep 23rd, 2014
Read moreScientists grow a new challenger to graphene
Researchers have developed molybdenum di-sulphide (MoS2), a similar material to graphene that shares many of its properties, including extraordinary electronic conduction and mechanical strength, but made from a metal (in this case molybdenum combined with sulphur).
Sep 23rd, 2014
Read moreGraphene research - When a doughnut becomes an apple
In experiments using graphene, researchers have been able to demonstrate a phenomenon predicted by a Russian physicist more than 50 years ago. They analysed a layer structure that experts believe may hold unimagined promise.
Sep 23rd, 2014
Read moreExperts create unique nanoparticles for aerospace industry
The development of three universities enables improved thermal and electronic properties on devices with nickel-titanium alloys.
Sep 23rd, 2014
Read moreNew chip promising for tumor-targeting research
Researchers have developed a chip capable of simulating a tumor's 'microenvironment' and plan to use the new system to test the effectiveness of nanoparticles and drugs that target cancer.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreGraphene imperfections key to creating hypersensitive 'electronic nose'
Researchers have discovered a way to create a highly sensitive chemical sensor based on the crystalline flaws in graphene sheets. The imperfections have unique electronic properties that the researchers were able to exploit to increase sensitivity to absorbed gas molecules by 300 times.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreEngineers show light can play seesaw at the nanoscale
Discovery is another step toward faster and more energy-efficient optical devices for computation and communication.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreA molecule in an optical whispering gallery
With the help of a microsphere and a nanowire, single unlabelled biomolecules can be detected through light.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreNanoparticles add zest to search for drug delivery methods
Food scientists created tiny packages of the spice turmeric and whey protein that could color the way hard-to-absorb drugs are delivered.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreNew star-shaped molecule breakthrough
Chemists have generated a new star-shaped molecule made up of interlocking rings, which is the most complex of its kind ever created.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreControlling acoustic transport in hypersonic crystals
Scientists have determined that bulk coherent acoustic vibrations are heavily damped by scattering from radially aligned nanosized pores within hypersonic crystals of closely packed colloidal silica. Surface acoustic modes are much less influenced, suggesting new ways to manipulate thermal transport via phonon propagation control.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read morePhoto-initiated charge separation in nanobiohybrid complex
Researchers have designed self-assembled peptide materials that organize multiple electronic components capable of performing photo-induced charge separation.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreElectron microscopy breakthrough - reconstructing third dimension from a single image
Scientists have developed a new method with which crystal structures can be reconstructed with atomic precision in all three dimensions.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreA temperature switchable nanopore membrane to regulate flow
Researchers have developed a novel membrane with highly aligned nanoscale pores that open and close in response to temperature; this highly porous, valve-like material has many potential filtration applications, including water purification and molecular separation.
Sep 22nd, 2014
Read moreSuccessful upscaling of fullerene-free organic photovoltaic cells
The fullerene-free OPV module was created by thermally evaporating small molecules in different active layers. The process has been shown to improve the device stability, while at the same time opening up possibilities for further device engineering.
Sep 22nd, 2014
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