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Engineers say graphene key to high-density, energy-efficient memory chips

Only an atom thick, graphene is a key ingredient in projects to create data storage technologies that use nanomaterials other than standard silicon.

Oct 26th, 2015

Ionic liquids interesting in extracting molecules from wood

Scientists have discovered how enzymes can perform their catalytical processes in a switchable ionic liquid. The discovery paves way for enzymatic refinement of cellulose to precious molecules and industrial products.

Oct 26th, 2015

Thermoplastically deformable electronic circuits

This week, researchers will present a novel technology for thermoplastically deformable electronics enabling low-cost 2.5D free-form rigid electronic objects.

Oct 26th, 2015

Nanotechnology offers new approach to increasing storage ability of dielectric capacitors

With their new approach, researchers achieved an energy density of about two watts per kilogram, which is significantly higher than that of other dielectric capacitor structures reported in the literature.

Oct 24th, 2015

Sensing small molecules may revolutionize drug design

Scientists describe a new method for examining small molecules and their communication with membrane proteins. The research will allow scientists and clinicians to study these interactions at an astonishingly minute scale with unprecedented precision.

Oct 23rd, 2015

Enzymatic micromotor-driven CO2 sequestration in water

CO2 capture and mineralization in seawater by enzymatic conversion into carbonate with the help of a self-propelled microengine.

Oct 23rd, 2015

Photons open the gateway for quantum networks

Quantum technology based on photons, called quantum photonics, will be able to hold much more information than current computer technology. But in order to create a network with photons, you need a photon contact, a kind of transistor that can control the transport of photons in a circuit. Researchers now have managed to create such a contact.

Oct 23rd, 2015

Manipulating wrinkles could lead to graphene semiconductors

Scientists have used the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to manipulate the formation of wrinkles in graphene, opening the way to the construction of graphene semiconductors not through chemical means but by manipulating the carbon structure itself in a form of 'graphene engineering'.

Oct 23rd, 2015

Halloysite: Finally a promising natural nanomaterial?

Researchers have recently presented a broad overview of halloysite clay tubes.

Oct 23rd, 2015

Physicists learn how to control the movement of electrons in a molecule (w/video)

Physicists have just proved to be able to track and control the movement of electrons in molecules.

Oct 22nd, 2015

'Zeno effect' verified: Atoms won't move while you watch

One of the oddest predictions of quantum theory - that a system can't change while you're watching it - has been confirmed in an experiment by physicists.

Oct 22nd, 2015

Researchers transform slow emitters into fast light sources

Researchers have developed a new way to control light from phosphorescent emitters at very high speeds. The technique provides a new approach to modulation that could be useful in all kinds of silicon-based nanoscale devices, including computer chips and other optoelectronic components.