Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes in Back to the Future Part II inspired a scientist who has developed filaments that harvest and store the sun's energy - and can be woven into textiles.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Scientists have developed a new cancer drug that uses gold nanoparticlesnto deliver paclitaxel - a commonly used chemotherapy drug directly to a tumor.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Shave discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical devices is more brittle than they expected.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs.
Nov 14th, 2016
Read moreScientists have revealed breakthrough evidence that large molecules made of nickel and chromium could store and process information in the same way bytes do for everyday digital computers.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Researchers are developing new diffractive optical elements (DOEs) that can be printed on to small, thin substrates.
Nov 13th, 2016
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Using the strange properties of tiny particles of gold, researchers have concentrated light down smaller than a single atom, letting them look at individual chemical bonds inside molecules, and opening up new ways to study light and matter.
Nov 11th, 2016
Read moreA team of Italian scientists have built on previous work in this field using pectin with a high degree of methylation as the medium to create a new architecture of hybrid device with a double-layered polyelectrolyte that alone drives memristive behavior.
Nov 11th, 2016
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Scientists demonstrate a design of GaN-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that provides good electrical conductivity and is readily grown.
Nov 11th, 2016
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Researchers demonstrate that using germanides of metals at the metal-germanium interface with suitable surface crystal planes, greatly improves the contact resistance and device performance germanium semiconductor devices.
Nov 11th, 2016
Read moreFrom stationary to flying qubits at speeds never reached before... this feat brings us a little closer to the era when information is transmitted via quantum principles.
Nov 11th, 2016
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Graphene may also find use as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to new research.
Nov 11th, 2016
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Researchers propose a nanosized motor controlled by a laser with potential applications across the natural sciences and medicine.
Nov 10th, 2016
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By modulating the flow of phonons through semiconductor nanowires, engineers can create smaller and faster devices.
Nov 10th, 2016
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Membranes made from carefully arranged graphene layers could help transform seawater desalination from an energy intensive process into one that is significantly more energy efficient. Such a transformation would reduce the carbon footprint and power demand of countries that rely on desalination to meet their freshwater needs.
Nov 10th, 2016
Read moreScientists explain how the physical and chemical properties of water have been studied for more than a century and revealed some odd behavior not seen in other substances.
Nov 10th, 2016
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