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Super cement's secret

Electron anions impart unconventional properties in a unique cement semiconductor for potentials uses in industrial catalysts and flat panel displays.

Aug 29th, 2016

Nanometer-thin layers of water can become ice-like at room temperature

New research shows that a nanometer-thin layer of water between two charged surfaces exhibits ice-like tendencies that allow it to withstand pressures of hundreds of atmospheres. The discovery could lead to better ways to minimize friction in a variety of settings.

Aug 29th, 2016

Continuous roll-process technology for transferring and packaging flexible LSI

Researchers have developed a continuous roll-processing technology that transfers and packages flexible large-scale integrated circuits (LSI), the key element in constructing the computer's brain such as CPU, on plastics to realize flexible electronics.

Aug 29th, 2016

A new window to understanding the brain

Syringe-injectable mesh electronics offer researchers the chance to study processes that take place over long time.

Aug 29th, 2016

A device to control �olor' of electrons in graphene provides path to future electronics

A device made of bilayer graphene, an atomically thin hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms, provides experimental proof of the ability to control the momentum of electrons and offers a path to electronics that could require less energy and give off less heat than standard CMOS transistors.

Aug 29th, 2016

Graphene key to growing two-dimensional semiconductor with extraordinary properties

The first-ever growth of two-dimensional gallium nitride using graphene encapsulation could lead to applications in deep ultraviolet lasers, next-generation electronics and sensors.

Aug 29th, 2016

Meteorite impact on a nano scale

Hitting a surface with high-energy, heavy ions has quite similar effects like meteor impacts - only on a much smaller scale.

Aug 29th, 2016

How researchers capture nanoparticles in water bodies

For a number of years now, an increasing number of synthetic nanoparticles have been manufactured and incorporated into various products, such as cosmetics. For the first time, a research project provides reliable findings on their presence in water bodies.

Aug 29th, 2016

New Center to assess safety of engineered nanomaterials

Researchers at the new Harvard-NIEHS Nanosafety Research Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are working to understand the unique properties of ENMs - both beneficial and harmful - and to ultimately establish safety standards for the field.

Aug 29th, 2016

Researchers develop method to speed up detection of infectious diseases, cancer

Researchers have found a way to speed and simplify the detection of proteins in blood and plasma opening up the potential for diagnosing the early presence of infectious diseases or cancer during a doctor's office visit. The new test takes about 10 minutes as opposed to two to four hours for current state-of-the-art tests.

Aug 29th, 2016

Fast switching all-solid-state wavelength-dependent bipolar photodetector

Researchers describe the first all solid-state wavelength-dependent bipolar photodetectors with fast response times and tunable switching wavelengths.

Aug 29th, 2016

Making high quality vertical nanowires with full control over their size, density and distribution

Scientists have demonstrated a novel method of making high quality vertical nanowires with full control over their size, density and distribution over a semi-conducting substrate.

Aug 29th, 2016

Important advance made with new approach to 'control' cancer, not eliminate it

Researchers have created a new drug delivery system that could improve the effectiveness of an emerging concept in cancer treatment - to dramatically slow and control tumors on a long-term, sustained basis, not necessarily aiming for their complete elimination.