Using mesocosms that closely approximate wetland ecosystems, researchers show carbon nanotubes accumulate quickly in sediments - a tendency that could indirectly damage aquatic food chains by piggybacking harmful molecules.
Oct 1st, 2014
Read moreResearchers hope to take a healthy salad up a level by growing a vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer in leafy greens.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Researchers have combined quantum dots with sheets of graphene to create a hybrid that could greatly cut the cost of generating energy with fuel cells.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Thermal considerations are rapidly becoming one of the most serious design constraints in microelectronics, especially on submicron scale lengths. A new study has shown that standard thermal models will lead to the wrong answer in a three-dimensional heat-transfer problem if the dimensions of the heating element are on the order of one micron or smaller.
Oct 1st, 2014
Read moreHaving the possibility to measure magnetic properties of materials at atomic precision is one of the important goals of today's experimental physics. Researchers propose a new method, utilizing properties of the quantum world - the phase of the electron beam - to detect magnetism with atom-by-atom precision.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Pill coated with tiny needles can deliver drugs directly into the lining of the digestive tract.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Researchers can now for the first time remotely control a miniature light source at timescales of 200 trillionth of a second. They have developed a way of remotely controlling the nanoscale light sources at an extremely short timescale. These light sources are needed to be able to transmit quantum information.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Using a bio-mimicking analog of one of nature's most efficient light-harvesting structures, blades of grass, a research team has taken a major step in developing long-sought polymer architecture to boost power-conversion efficiency of light to electricityA breakthrough in morphology control should have widespread use in solar cells, batteries and vertical transistors.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Discovery of 'stable energetic embedding' of atoms and molecules within ice has wide-ranging environmental, scientific and defense implications.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Layering rough surfaces with nanometer-thin optical interference coatings opens new array of possible applications, such as nearly weight-free logos on the sides of spacecraft.
Sep 30th, 2014
Read moreHeart tissue is unable to repair itself after a heart attack because heart cells cannot multiply and cardiac muscles contain few stem cells. Now, researchers are literally setting a new gold standard in cardiac tissue engineering.
Sep 30th, 2014
Read moreScientists have designed a first-ever experiment for demonstrating quantum entanglement in the macroscopic realm. Unlike other such proposals, the experiment is relatively easy to set up and run with existing semiconductor devices.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Tests with a new nanotube cathode have produced beam currents a thousand to a million times greater than the one generated with a large, pricey laser system.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Electrical engineers have demonstrated a new kind of building block for digital integrated circuits. Their experiments show that future computer chips could be based on three-dimensional arrangements of nanometer-scale magnets instead of transistors.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Researchers have synthesized crystalline materials that can bind and store oxygen in high concentrations. Just one spoon of the substance is enough to absorb all the oxygen in a room. The stored oxygen can be released again when and where it is needed.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Göttinger Chemiker entwickeln Methode zur exakten Herstellung kleinster Strukturen.
Sep 30th, 2014
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