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Study reveals new surface chemistry in electric vehicle batteries

In an effort to better understand the challenges stalling the electric car, an international research team has been investigating batteries and battery materials and have revealed a new underlying mechanical interaction that occurs during the carbon coating process.

Mar 11th, 2014

Graphene folds itself into programmable nanocage for hydrogen storage, beating DOE 2020 goal (w/video)

Just when you thought your origami skills couldn't be beat - try using the world's thinnest material, making the origami fold and unfold itself, and packing more inside than anyone expected.

Mar 11th, 2014

New nanoparticle technique uses ATP as trigger for targeted anti-cancer drug delivery

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a new technique that uses adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP), the so-called 'energy molecule', to trigger the release of anti-cancer drugs directly into cancer cells.

Mar 11th, 2014

Demonstrating ultra-scaled self-aligned split-gate memory cell with 16nm gate length

CEA-Leti announced today it has fabricated ultra-scaled split-gate memories with gate length of 16nm, and demonstrated their functionality, showing good writing and erasing performances with memory windows over 6V.

Mar 11th, 2014

Metallurgical challenges in microelectronic 3D IC packaging technology

3D IC stacking is the most promising way to extend the limit of the miniaturization of large-scale-integration of 2D circuits on Si chips. A new paper discussed some major metallurgical challenges in microelectronic 3D IC packaging technology. It provides a deep insight of the further efforts needed in developing this technology.

Mar 11th, 2014

Bending the light with a tiny chip

A tiny silicon chip designed by Caltech researchers eliminates the need for bulky and expensive lenses, and instead projects the image electronically by 'bending the light' with no mechanically moving parts.

Mar 11th, 2014

New OECD test guidelines: Ecotoxicology and environmental fate of manufactured nanomaterials

This document presents a detailed report of the discussion and recommendations derived from the discussions at the OECD Expert Meeting on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Fate.

Mar 11th, 2014

Team discovers unexpected effect of heavy hydrogen in organic solar cells

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently discovered an unanticipated factor in the performance of polymer-based solar devices that gives new insight on how these materials form and function.

Mar 11th, 2014

The unknown insurance risks of nanotechnology

Insurers have labelled growing multi-billion dollar nanotechnology industry as an emerging risk as little is known about the long-term effects.

Mar 11th, 2014

Nanomedizin entschlüsselt Herzmuskel-Krankheitsmechanismus

Biophysiker der Universität Bielefeld haben einen entscheidenden Beitrag zu einer internationalen Studie zur Erbkrankheit ARVC geleistet.

Mar 11th, 2014

A record 8.4 percent conversion efficiency in fullerene-free organic solar cells

This breakthrough achievement is an important step to bring organic photovoltaic cells to a higher level in the competitive thin-film photovoltaics marketplace.

Mar 11th, 2014

Diagnosing diseases with smartphones

Researchers are developing a disease diagnostic system that offers results that could be read using only a smart phone and a $20 lens attachment. This new device relies on specific chemical interactions that form between something that causes a disease - a virus or bacteria, for example - and a molecule that bonds with that one thing only, like a disease-fighting antibody.

Mar 10th, 2014

Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient (w/video)

Scientists have built the thinnest-known LED that can be used as a source of light energy in electronics. The LED is based off of two-dimensional, flexible semiconductors, making it possible to stack or use in much smaller and more diverse applications than current technology allows.

Mar 10th, 2014

Self-assembled active bio-Inspired materials

Researchers dynamically created self-assembled tunable structures of polymer fibers ranging from wavy colloidal 'fur' to highly interconnected networks.

Mar 10th, 2014

Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins

A new type of biomolecular tweezers could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the biochemical activity of cells and proteins. The devices - too small to see without a microscope - use opposing magnetic and electrophoretic forces to precisely stretch the cells and molecules, holding them in position so that the activity of receptors and other biochemical activity can be studied.

Mar 10th, 2014

Mapping the behavior of charges in correlated spin-orbit coupled materials

A team of physicists has mapped the inner atomic workings of a compound within the mysterious class of materials known as spin-orbit Mott insulators. The findings confirm the properties that theorists predict could lead to discoveries in superconductivity, the topological phases of matter and new forms of magnetism.

Mar 10th, 2014

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