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Extending a battery's lifetime with heat

Researchers find that heat can break down the damaging branch-like structures that grow inside batteries, which may possibly be used to extend battery lifetimes.

Oct 1st, 2015

Anti-aging treatment for smart windows

Scientists have worked out an entirely new way to rejuvenate smart windows which have started to show signs of age. The study may open the way to other areas of application.

Oct 1st, 2015

Nanotechnology could lead to touchless displays superseding touchscreens

Researchers have developed nanostructures that change their electrical and even their optical properties as soon as a finger comes anywhere near them.

Oct 1st, 2015

Graphene nanoribbons as electronic highways

Physicists have developed a method to synthesise a unique and novel type of material which resembles a graphene nanoribbon but in molecular form. This material could be important for the further development of organic solar cells.

Oct 1st, 2015

Semiconductor nanoparticles show high luminescence in a polymer matrix

Highly luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles immobilized in a polymer matrix using environmentally benign supercritical CO2.

Oct 1st, 2015

New DNA stain for live-cell nanoscopy

Scientists have developed a new DNA stain that can be used to image living cells.

Oct 1st, 2015

Researchers measure how specific atoms move in dielectric materials

Scientists have measured the behavior of specific atoms in dielectric materials when exposed to an electric field. The work advances our understanding of dielectric materials, which are used in a wide variety of applications - from handheld electronics to defibrillators.

Oct 1st, 2015

Electron partitioning process in graphene observed

Toward the realization of electron interferometer devices which utilize the wave nature of electrons.

Oct 1st, 2015

Joseph DeSimone receives $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine

International prize recognizes advances in nanotechnology for medicine and biology.

Oct 1st, 2015

Phoenix effect: Resurrected proteins double their natural activity

Scientists found that bringing proteins back to life is not only possible, but can be carried out with an improvement over their original activity. This strange phenomenon owes to a new technique of protein renaturation based on combining thermally denatured proteins (carbonic anhydrase) with a colloid solution of inorganic aluminum oxide nanoparticles.

Oct 1st, 2015

Brilliant colors from environmentally friendly quantum dots

Researchers are working to develop a promising alternative to cadmium-based nanocrystals: quantum dots based on indium phosphide.

Oct 1st, 2015

At the edge of a quantum gas (w/video)

Scientists have achieved a major milestone in simulating the dynamics of condensed-matter systems - such as the behavior of charged particles in semiconductors and other materials - through manipulation of carefully controlled quantum-mechanical models.