Flat lens opens a broad world of color
First metalens to work across a continuous bandwidth allows new control of light.
Feb 8th, 2017
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An oxide semiconductor just single atom thick
A new study has introduced a novel method for fabrication of world's thinnest oxide semiconductor that is just one atom thick.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers engineer dream diodes with a graphene interlayer
A team of researchers has created a new technique that greatly enhances the performance of Schottky Diodes (metal-semiconductor junction) used in electronic devices.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreLattice of nanotraps and line narrowing in Raman gas
Researchers show that subwavelength localization and line narrowing is possible in a very simple arrangement due to self-organization of Raman gas (molecular hydrogen) in a hollow photonic crystal fibre.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreSurprising spin behavior at room temperature
Circularly polarized room-temperature electroluminescence from spin-polarized light-emitting diodes.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreNanoparticle screen could speed up drug development
New test helps identify particles for gene delivery or RNA interference.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreGoing carbon free boosts battery life
Dropping the carbon from a key battery component could finally enable long-life, low-cost grid-connected batteries for renewable energy storage.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreCracking the code for fissure control
Scientists find a way to control the way cracks form and spread to make a coating for electrochromic materials.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreTurning the world's smallest screw
A simple etching technique offers a means for creating left-handed and right-handed nanostructures.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreStanene's thermal surprise
Electrons play a key role in heat transport through 2D tin sheets.
Feb 8th, 2017
Read moreMeasuring time without a clock
Scientists have been able to measure the ultrashort time delay in electron photoemission without using a clock. The discovery has important implications for fundamental research and cutting-edge technology.
Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreOvercoming hurdles in CRISPR gene editing with nanoparticles
Scientists have designed a delivery system using nanoparticles to assist CRISPR/Cas9 across the membrane and into the cell nucleus while avoiding entrapment by cellular machinery.
Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreMaterial can turn sunlight, heat and movement Into electricity - all at once
Researchers have found that a mineral with the perovskite crystal structure has the right properties to extract energy from multiple sources at the same time.
Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreTarantulas inspire new structural color with the greatest viewing angle
Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers made a structural-colored material that shows consistent color from all viewing directions. This finding overturns the conventional wisdom that long-range order photonic structures are always iridescent.
Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreSerial killers of the immune system caught on microscopic CCTV
Scientists have filmed the process by which lymphocytes drill holes in their victims, laying bare key steps taken by the immune system to rid our body of harmful invaders.
Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreDNA 'barcoding' allows rapid testing of nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery
Using tiny snippets of DNA as 'barcodes', researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly screening the ability of nanoparticles to selectively deliver therapeutic genes to specific organs of the body.
Feb 7th, 2017
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