The Max Planck Institute for Iron Research has established a new department "Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials" that aims at understanding the local mechanical properties of materials by employing mechanical testing and microstructural characterization methods with high spatial resolution.
Posted: Dec 7th, 2012
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A new method for creating very thin layers of materials at the atomic scale could unlock an important new technology for creating nanomaterials.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Princeton researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of solar power.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Microscopic metallic cubes could unleash the enormous potential of metamaterials to absorb light, leading to more efficient and cost-effective large-area absorbers for sensors or solar cells, Duke University researchers have found.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Scientists from New Zealand, Austria and the UK have created the world's smallest reaction chamber, with a mixing volume that can be measured in femtolitres (million billionths of a litre).
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Berkeley Lab scientists develop a new nanotechnology tool to probe solar-energy conversion.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
Read moreUsing a "time-reversal" technique, scientists have discovered how to transmit power, sound or images to a "nonlinear object" without knowing the object's exact location or affecting objects around it.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
Read moreA new research partnership, for the joint research and development of quantum and nanotechnologies, has been launched today with the London Centre for nanotechnology (LCN) at University College London.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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With gold, copper or tin and special galvanizing processes, scientists are improving the function of semi-conductors and making the manufacture of microelectronic systems a child's play. Especially the LED industry could profit from this.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the possibility of weaving together solar-cell silicon wires to create flexible, curved, or twisted solar fabrics.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Researchers demonstrate first optical barrier for absorbing fluid droplets.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Researchers can now use supramolecules to electrically switch the behaviour of individual cells. This occurs under the same physiological conditions as those found in the body.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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A team of researchers from the Netherlands and Italy has succeeded in making sharp pictures of objects hidden behind an opaque screen.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Engineers at Yale University have developed a new breed of micro fuel cell that could serve as a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices, such as tablet computers, smart phones, and remote sensors.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
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Tiny sensors - made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the "next best thing" since the invention of silicon - are now being developed to detect trace elements in Earth's upper atmosphere and structural flaws in spacecraft.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreA discovery that promises transistors - the fundamental part of all modern electronics - controlled by laser pulses that will be 10,000 faster than today's fastest transistors has been made by a Georgia State University professor and international researchers.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
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