Breakthrough 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
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Chemists 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
Read moreExperiments in the realm of the impossible
Physicists simulate for the first time charged Majorana particles - elementary particles, which are not supposed to exist.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreSeeing the action involved in cell membrane hemifusion
Researchers develop a novel device to image the minute forces and actions involved in cell membrane hemifusion.
May 27th, 2015
Read moreShedding light on untapped information in photons
Fundamental science effort aims to reveal maximum information contained in photons to guide development of future imaging technologies.
May 26th, 2015
Read moreSqueezed quantum cats
Researchers reach deep into their bag of tricks to create so-called 'squeezed Schrodinger cats'. These quantum systems could be extremely useful for future technologies.
May 26th, 2015
Read moreResearchers develop a semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood
A new paper demonstrates the feasibility of replacing the substrate, or support layer, of a computer chip, with cellulose nanofibril, a flexible, biodegradable material made from wood.
May 26th, 2015
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