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Diagnosing diseases with smartphones

Researchers are developing a disease diagnostic system that offers results that could be read using only a smart phone and a $20 lens attachment. This new device relies on specific chemical interactions that form between something that causes a disease - a virus or bacteria, for example - and a molecule that bonds with that one thing only, like a disease-fighting antibody.

Mar 10th, 2014

Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient (w/video)

Scientists have built the thinnest-known LED that can be used as a source of light energy in electronics. The LED is based off of two-dimensional, flexible semiconductors, making it possible to stack or use in much smaller and more diverse applications than current technology allows.

Mar 10th, 2014

Self-assembled active bio-Inspired materials

Researchers dynamically created self-assembled tunable structures of polymer fibers ranging from wavy colloidal 'fur' to highly interconnected networks.

Mar 10th, 2014

Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins

A new type of biomolecular tweezers could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the biochemical activity of cells and proteins. The devices - too small to see without a microscope - use opposing magnetic and electrophoretic forces to precisely stretch the cells and molecules, holding them in position so that the activity of receptors and other biochemical activity can be studied.

Mar 10th, 2014

Mapping the behavior of charges in correlated spin-orbit coupled materials

A team of physicists has mapped the inner atomic workings of a compound within the mysterious class of materials known as spin-orbit Mott insulators. The findings confirm the properties that theorists predict could lead to discoveries in superconductivity, the topological phases of matter and new forms of magnetism.

Mar 10th, 2014

Monolayer tungsten diselenide shows promise for optoelectronics

Team creates LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors using novel one-molecule-thick material.

Mar 10th, 2014

Atomically thin solar cells

Ultrathin layers made of Tungsten and Selenium have been created at the Vienna University of Technology; experiments show that they may be used as flexible, semi-transparent solar cells.

Mar 9th, 2014

Quantum geometrical phase shakes a magnet - a new principle for future spin devices

A new mechanism of controlling magnetic states by electric currents has been discovered through an internationally collaborative work.

Mar 7th, 2014

Advanced porous materials - Bridging the length and time-scale gap

A two day symposium, jointly organized by ETH Zurich and Micromeritics on the preparation, characterization, and application of advanced porous materials.

Mar 7th, 2014

Research Fellowship in nanochemistry in Portugal

Applications are open for the allocation of one research fellowship, under the project 'Nanomaterials for the uptake of pollutant metal ions: efficiency, selectivity and recyclability' from the Associate Laboratories CICECO and CESAM of the University of Aveiro.

Mar 7th, 2014