Better mastery of heat flow leads to next-generation thermal cloaks
Physicists manipulate the transfer of thermal energy as a means of reducing heat waste, using thermal camouflage tactics.
Dec 4th, 2017
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Humidity switches molecular diode off and on
An international group of scientists has developed the first switchable molecular diode. You can turn this on and off through humidity. Vice versa, it is a humidity sensor at the nanoscale.
Dec 4th, 2017
Read moreResearchers use nanoparticles to target, kill endometrial cancer
Combination of chemotherapy and drug that forces tumor cells into lethal state shows promise for other cancers.
Dec 4th, 2017
Read moreNew nanowires are just a few atoms thick
Subnanometer-scale channels in 2-D materials could point toward future electronics, solar cells.
Dec 4th, 2017
Read moreCell-derived drug delivery systems
Pharmaceutical scientists have developed a cost-effective method to produce cell-derived nanovesicles for bio-inspired drug delivery applications.
Dec 4th, 2017
Read moreClear leads to fully transparent devices
Large-area, two-dimensional semiconductors wired through transparent oxide conductors produce high-performance see-through electronics.
Dec 4th, 2017
Read moreSustainable solvent platform for photon upconversion increases solar utilization efficiency
Scientists have developed a new low-cost, environmentally friendly photon upconversion platform that achieves high thermal stability using deep eutectic solvents. Deep eutectic solvents are an emerging class of solvents that are a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to ionic liquids.
Dec 4th, 2017
Read moreEngineering electron pathways in 2D-topological insulators
Scientists reported new insight into the electronic conduction and interference on 2D-topological insulators - an exotic kind of insulators that conduct only at the edge and that could be key for the development of a new generation of electronic devices.
Dec 2nd, 2017
Read moreEnvironmentally-friendly removal of biofouling with nanocoatings
This coating makes it harder for marine organisms to grow on the hulls and makes cleaning the ships easier.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreMonopole current offers way to control magnets
Scientists have discovered interesting new magnetic properties of a type of materials known as 'quantum spin ice'.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreFighting myocardial infarction with nanoparticle tandems
How can damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack best be treated with replacement muscle cells? A research team is now presenting an innovative method on mice: Muscle replacement cells, which are to take over the function of the damaged tissue, are loaded with magnetic nanoparticles.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreWafer to chip: X-ray imaging for reduced defect rate
New method shows how smallest damage at the surface of semiconductor crystals develops into large defects.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreMetamaterial with a twist
Scientists have designed a three-dimensional material that converts linear compression forces into a rotation movement.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreSimulating physics
Nature is quantum mechanical, and researchers are ready to study it with a nine-qubit array and the problem of many-body localization.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreGraphene nano tweezers can grab individual biomolecules
Discovery could lead to revolutionary handheld disease diagnostic system.
Dec 1st, 2017
Read moreStudy confirms that cuprate materials have fluctuating stripes that may be linked to high-temperature superconductivity
These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making electrical transmission nearly 100 percent efficient.
Dec 1st, 2017
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