Metasurface technique makes more efficient, independent holograms
A team of scientists has encoded multiple holographic images in a metasurface that can be unlocked separately with differently polarized light.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreA team of scientists has encoded multiple holographic images in a metasurface that can be unlocked separately with differently polarized light.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed high-performance silver nanowires with strong adhesion on plastic using flash light-material interactions.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreAlpha-tin joins two other known materials in class of topological Dirac semimetals.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreA new approach to control forces and interactions between atoms and molecules, such as those employed by geckos to climb vertical surfaces, could bring advances in new materials for developing quantum light sources.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreTaking a cue from the Marvel Universe, researchers report that they have developed a self-healing polymeric material with an eye toward electronics and soft robotics that can repair themselves. The material is stretchable and transparent, conducts ions to generate current and could one day help your broken smartphone go back together again.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreTransparent biosensors embedded into contact lenses could soon allow doctors and patients to monitor blood glucose levels and a host of other telltale signs of disease without invasive tests.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreCatalysts are being made more precise and effective with potentially significant benefits for industry and the environment, not least through the development of ultra-clean fuels.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed a model to clarify the general mechanism of nanoplatelet formation. Using pyrite, they also managed to confirm their theory.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreNew technology adds a third dimension to cooling modern electronics.
Apr 4th, 2017
Read moreNow it's possible for anyone to see and share 3-D nanoscale imagery with a new open-source software platform.
Apr 3rd, 2017
Read moreThree research teams will receive about $10M in funding as part of a $35M materials science discovery program. Provided over four years, the support will be primarily directed at scientific discoveries and advancing a technology that underpins the future of mobility and autonomous systems: energy storage.
Apr 3rd, 2017
Read moreIn the vicinity of absolute zero, the particles that make up the condensate behave like a single particle and can be described by a single wave function.
Apr 3rd, 2017
Read moreScientists have used gold spring-shaped coils 5,000 times thinner than human hairs with powerful lasers to enable the detection of twisted molecules.
Apr 3rd, 2017
Read moreResearchers combined a sub-wavelength nanowire with a photonic crystal platform, and demonstrated 2 firsts: Continuous-wave lasing oscillation by sub-wavelength nanowire, as well as high-speed signal modulation by a nanowire laser.
Apr 3rd, 2017
Read moreNanowire ink enables flexible, programmable electronics on materials like paper, plastic or fabric.
Apr 3rd, 2017
Read moreNew technique produces highly conductive graphene wafers.
Apr 3rd, 2017
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