Controlling ultrasound with 3D printed carbon nanotube coated devices
A new device harnesses ultrasound for surgery and manipulating small objects like particles and biological cells.
Oct 25th, 2016
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Supersonic phenomena, the key to extremely low heat loss nanoelectronics
Supersonic solitary waves in nano-electronics crystals show potentials for electric charge or matter transport and energy storage with extremely low heat dissipation.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreNanoscale image reveals new details about formation of marine shells
Oceanographers have used modern tools to provide an atomic-scale look at how that shell first forms.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreA complete waste of energy
Engineers develop process for electronic devices that stops wasteful power leakage.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreHow often do quantum systems violate the second law of thermodynamics?
In two papers, published this week, scientists determined a more precise version of a basic law of physics - which says that disorder tends to increase with time unless acted on by an outside force - and applied it to the smallest quantum systems.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read morePioneering germ trap technology moves forward with first commercial application
Facemasks incorporating an innovative new technology will be able to comprehensively trap and kill over 99 percent of all flu viruses.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreTowards better metallic glasses
Researchers have used state-of-the-art computer simulation to test a theory from the 1950s that when atoms organise themselves into 3D pentagons they supress crystallisation.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreCounterintuitive metamaterial may enable heat-resistant circuit boards (w/video)
Engineers have manufactured tiny, star-shaped structures out of interconnected beams, or trusses. The structures, each about the size of a sugar cube, quickly shrink when heated to about 282 degrees C.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreElectric current at record speed
By using ultrafast laser flashes, scientists have generated the fastest electric current that has ever been measured inside a solid material.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreFlexible optical design method for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
This research paves a way for realizing a high detection efficiency with an ultralow noise.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreNanofiber coating prevents infections of prosthetic joints
In a proof-of-concept study with mice, scientists show that a novel coating they made with antibiotic-releasing nanofibers has the potential to better prevent at least some serious bacterial infections related to total joint replacement surgery.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreHybrid nanostructures hold hydrogen well
Scientists say boron nitride-graphene hybrid may be right for next-gen green cars.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreResearchers are upgrading an element by stretching it
In a project, researchers are exploring if there is a way to fine-tune germanium's physical properties, and thus improve its optoelectronic characteristics (how well it interfaces between electronics and light).
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreDisrupting the research process: changing materials science with robotics, AI and autonomy
The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate's Autonomous Research System, or ARES, can design, conduct and evaluate experimental data without human intervention, revolutionizing the materials research process as it is today.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreMeasuring the forces of biology
Biology, at the nitty-gritty level of motor proteins, DNA, and microtubules, takes its cue from physics. While much is known about the biological components that form the mitotic spindle, researchers are only beginning to explore the physical forces between those components.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreNano-decoy lures human Influenza A virus to Its doom
To infect its victims, influenza A heads for the lungs, where it latches onto sialic acid on the surface of cells. So researchers created the perfect decoy: A carefully constructed spherical nanoparticle coated in sialic acid lures the influenza A virus to its doom. When misted into the lungs, the nanoparticle traps influenza A, holding it until the virus self-destructs.
Oct 24th, 2016
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