New candidate material for room temperature spintronics
The promising new material is ultra-thin, electrically conducting at the edge and highly insulating within - and all that at room temperature.
Jul 10th, 2017
Read moreThe promising new material is ultra-thin, electrically conducting at the edge and highly insulating within - and all that at room temperature.
Jul 10th, 2017
Read moreScientists have demonstrated the utility of dissolving microneedle arrays designs for the lymph node delivery of amphiphilic vaccines released upon skin insertion.
Jul 9th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed a method of 3D-printing silica suspensions that are subsequently densified into transparent silica glass.
Jul 9th, 2017
Read moreResearchers are working with a smart polymer that changes color and activates natural antimicrobial enzymes when bacterial contamination is detected.
Jul 9th, 2017
Read moreScientists have combined experiments and simulations to demonstrate that origami metamaterials provide a new platform for the design of systems with a wide range of coefficients of thermal expansion.
Jul 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated a self-powered acceleration sensor based on liquid metal triboelectric nanogenerator, which was composed of an inner liquid metal droplet (mercury) and an outer acrylic shell.
Jul 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed a new method that modifies the surface of nanorods, making them more efficient in transporting cancer-killing genes into cells.
Jul 8th, 2017
Read moreIn a nanoscale photodetector that combines a unique fabrication method and light-trapping structures, a team of engineers has overcome obstacles to increasing performance in optoelectronic devices - like camera sensors or solar cells - without adding bulk.
Jul 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have designed a human protein-based, tumor-targeting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast that can be easily cleared by the body.
Jul 8th, 2017
Read moreAchieved through defects-mediated diffusion in the particle, the discovery could one day lead to development of micro- and nano-robots capable of self-repair; mechanically stable and damage-tolerant components and devices; and targeted drug delivery.
Jul 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have employed a novel nanoscale fibrous system that can measure the tiny forces exerted by and upon individual cells with extreme precision.
Jul 7th, 2017
Read moreScientists have successfully developed a new and cost-effective method for obtaining biomimetic structural colors with the ability to finely tune the completed structures.
Jul 7th, 2017
Read moreResearchers demonstrate record strong conversion of motion into light.
Jul 7th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have combined novel nanowires with a high-quality interface to other required materials on a chip. This allows for bullet-like collisionless quantum transport of charges through the nanowires: a requirement for larger-scale Majorana-based experiment.
Jul 7th, 2017
Read moreTwo experiments, testing graphene in zero-gravity conditions, are being prepared by researchers to be launched in November.
Jul 7th, 2017
Read moreA new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain boundaries.
Jul 7th, 2017
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