Lifesaving microbubbles
Stable, self-disrupting microbubbles as intravenous oxygen carriers.
Jan 23rd, 2018
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The world's smallest electro-optic modulator could lead to big energy savings
Researchers have designed and fabricated the world?s smallest electro-optic modulator, which could mean major reductions in energy used by data centers and supercomputers.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreProton transport in graphene shows promise for renewable energy
Researchers have discovered another new and unexpected physical effect in graphene - membranes that could be used in devices to artificially mimic photosynthesis.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreA new approach to rechargeable batteries
New metal-mesh membrane could solve longstanding problems and lead to inexpensive power storage.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreEngineers design artificial synapse for brain-on-a-chip hardware
Design is major stepping stone toward portable artificial-intelligence devices.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreResearchers make thermochromic windows with perovskite solar cell
Researchers discovered that a form of perovskite works surprisingly well as a stable and photoactive semiconductor material that can be reversibly switched between a transparent state and a non-transparent state, without degrading its electronic properties.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreOptical nanoscope allows imaging of quantum dots
Physicists have developed a technique based on optical microscopy that can be used to create images of atoms on the nanoscale. In particular, the new method allows the imaging of quantum dots in a semiconductor chip.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreMagnetic semiconductor layers of a new type
A ferromagnetic semiconductor featuring room Curie temperature.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreMultifunctional nanomedicine platform for the delivery of gene therapeutics
Thermo-triggered release of a genome-editing machinery by modified gold nanoparticles for tumor therapy.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreMaking fuel cells for a fraction of the cost
Scientists report the development of an inexpensive, efficient catalyst material for a type of fuel cell called a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), which turns the chemical energy of hydrogen into electricity and is among the most promising fuel cell types to power cars and electronics.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreCharge order and electron localization in a molecule-based solid
In new work, researchers report a Verwey-type charge-ordering transition in a different class of mixed-valence compounds that is composed of negatively charged dioxygen molecules.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreNew metal-semiconductor interface for brain-inspired computing
Physicists have combined a niobium doped strontium titanate (SrTiO3) semiconductor with ferromagnetic cobalt. At the interface, this creates a spin-memristor with storage abilities, paving the way for neuromorphic computing architectures.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreNew semiconductor processing technology with nanosponges
Researchers have succeeded in developing a method for the controlled manufacture of porous silicon carbide.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreNew fuel cell technology runs on solid carbon
Advancements allow the fuel cell to utilize about three times as much carbon as earlier direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) designs.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreTaking control at the junction
Fine tuning the composition of nitride alloys can further the development of optical and electronic interface devices.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreTwo dimensional circuit with magnetic quasi-particles
Researchers have shown for the first time, in an initial model, that magnon current flow is possible in an integrated magnon circuit, in which case the components are only being connected two dimensionally.
Jan 22nd, 2018
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