Solar cell design using diverse plant pigments
A biologist has optimized and characterized TiO2-based solar cell design using diverse plant pigments.
Jul 3rd, 2017
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Superstretchable, supercompressible supercapacitors
A polyacrylamide hydrogel electrolyte renders supercapacitors extraordinarily stretchable and compressible.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreNew nanomaterial may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space
Scientists have designed a new nanomaterial that can reflect or transmit light on demand with temperature control, opening the door to technology that protects astronauts in space from harmful radiation.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read more'Micro drop' chemical reactors are helping to revolutionize scientific experiments
The latest technique to shake things up at the micro level is a way to trap and study individual living cells to try to understand why they malfunction when diseased.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreNanomedicine for patients with lung disease
Metallic nanostructures capable of carrying drugs to exactly where they are needed could one day help to treat patients with a fatal lung condition.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreUltrasensitive pressure sensor based on an air-bubbled ultralight graphene block
Researchers demonstrate an ultrasensitive pressure sensor based on a fully air-bubbled ultralight graphene block, using a simple sparkling approach toward large-scale production.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreSmallest narrowband laser on chip brings numerous photonic applications closer
This laser represents a breakthrough in the fast-growing field of photonics, and will bring applications like 5G internet and accurate GPS closer.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreHands off approach to looking into silicon chips
The possibility of looking inside silicon chips to see their tiny working parts, without damaging the chips, is a step closer thanks to an international team of scientists.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreQuantum probes dramatically improve detection of nuclear spins
Limitations of conventional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy overcome.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreSpreading and wicking of water droplets on nanostructured surfaces
Scientists perform observation experiment with optical direct measurement to investigate droplet spreading and capillary wicking on nanostructured surfaces fabricated by the hydrothermal synthesis method with various nanowire array types and nanowire sizes.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreShape memory composites for 3D-printed photoresponsive devices
Researchers have fabricated 3D printed photoresponsive shape memory devices through combining fused deposition modeling (FDM) printing technology and photoresponsive shape memory composites based on polyurethane and carbon black.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read morePhysicists demonstrate topological superconductivity on palladium dibismuthides
A research team has succeeded to reveal experimental evidence of topological superconductivity near the surface of epitaxial palladium dibismuthides films, and possible Majorana zero modes at magnetic vortices.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read morePhysicists observe individual atomic collisions during diffusion for the first time
Physicists have succeeded in observing the fundamental steps of diffusion by individual atoms in a gas and have provided a theoretical description of this mechanism.
Jul 3rd, 2017
Read moreKeeping the heat out with nanowires
Researchers have analyzed metal-nitride nanowires as a potential material for optical electronics.
Jul 2nd, 2017
Read moreUnderstanding the physical factors affecting size uniformity in ordered GaAs arrays grown on silicon
New work provides a detailed study of the initial stages of growth of ordered GaAs nanowires on silicon.
Jul 1st, 2017
Read moreInnovative computational approach to overcome combinatorial bottleneck in material science
Scientists present a powerful and efficient computational structure search algorithm that allows to employ fully converged first-principles calculations throughout.
Jul 1st, 2017
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