Maxwell's demon as a self-contained, information-powered refrigerator
Scientists created a nanoscale device that may facilitate the design of future computers, for example.
Jan 11th, 2016
Read moreScientists created a nanoscale device that may facilitate the design of future computers, for example.
Jan 11th, 2016
Read moreControlling surface chemistry could lead to higher-capacity, faster-charging batteries for electronics, vehicles, and energy-storage applications.
Jan 11th, 2016
Read moreMalaysian scientists are joining forces with Harvard University experts to help revolutionize the treatment of lung diseases - the delivery of nanomedicine deep into places otherwise impossible to reach.
Jan 11th, 2016
Read moreWith a new method, bological assays that once took hours could instead take minutes.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreResearchers developed a glue that binds metal to metal to glass to you-name-it, sets at room temperature, and requires little pressure to seal.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreStudy shows how calcium carbonate forms composites to make strong materials such as in shells and pearls.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreScientists determined that the electric field is responsible for alterating the fracture toughness of nanomaterials, which are used in state-of-the-art electronic devices. It is the first observed evidence that the electric field changes the fracture toughness at a nanometer scale.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have built a polarimeter on a microchip, revolutionizing the design of this widely used scientific tool.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreTandem solar cells based on silicon and perovskites have raised high hopes for future high efficiency solar modules. Researchers have now shown that an ultimate efficiency of 30% should be attainable with such tandem cells.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreInternal storage compartments release droplets of 'healing' liquid to repair damaged materials.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read morePre-designed molecular building blocks provide atomic-level control of the width of graphene nanoribbons.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreChemical interconnection bridges electronic properties of graphene-nanoribbons with zigzag-edge features.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreUse of copper as a fluorescent material allows for the manufacture of inexpensive and environmentally compatible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Thermally activated delayed fuorescence ensures high light yield.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreResearchers used an ultrabright and ultrashort electron source to study the crystal structure of a platinum compound that comes from a family of materials with the ability to switch between insulating, metallic and superconducting states.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreOrganic-inorganic perovskite materials are key components of the new generation of solar cells. Understanding properties of these materials is important for improving lifetime and quality of solar cells.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreScientists have identified several mechanisms that make a new, cold-loving material one of the toughest metallic alloys ever.
Jan 8th, 2016
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