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On-Chip Topological Light: First Measurements of Transmission and Delay
Aug. 1, 2014 — First came the concept of topological light. Then came images of topological light moving around a microchip. Now full measurements of the transmission of light around and through the ... full story -
'Active' Surfaces Control What's on Them: Scientists Develop Treated Surfaces That Can Actively Control How Fluids or Particles Move
Aug. 1, 2014 — Researchers have developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move across them. The work might enable new kinds of biomedical or microfluidic devices, or ... full story -
'Wetting' a Battery's Appetite for Renewable Energy Storage: New Liquid Alloy Electrode Improves Sodium-Beta Battery Performance
Aug. 1, 2014 — A new liquid metal alloy enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at lower temperatures, which could help the batteries store more renewable energy and strengthen the power ... full story -
Light Pulses Control Graphene's Electrical Behavior
Aug. 1, 2014 — Graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon with exceptional electrical, optical, and mechanical properties, has become a focus of research on a variety of potential uses. Now researchers have found a way ... full story -
Superconductors: Physical Link to Strange Electronic Behavior
July 31, 2014 — Scientists have new clues this week about one of the baffling electronic properties of the iron-based high-temperature superconductor barium iron nickel arsenide. Scientists have the first evidence, ... full storyMore: -
Chemists Create Nanofibers Using Unprecedented New Method, Reminiscent of Fibers Found in Living Cells
July 31, 2014 — Researchers have developed a novel method for creating self-assembled protein/polymer nanostructures that are reminiscent of fibers found in living cells. The work offers a promising new way to ... full story -
Pressure Probing Potential Photoelectronic Manufacturing Compound
July 31, 2014 — Molybdenum disulfide is a compound often used in dry lubricants. Its semiconducting ability and similarity to the carbon-based graphene makes molybdenum disulfide of interest to scientists as a ... full story -
Chemists Demonstrate 'Brick-and-Mortar' Assembly of New Molecular Structures
July 31, 2014 — Chemists have described the self-assembly of large, symmetrical molecules in bricks-and-mortar fashion, a development with potential value for the field of organic electronic devices such as ... full story -
Comfortable Climate Indoors With Porous Glass Incorporated Into Plaster
July 31, 2014 — Proper humidity and temperature play a key role in indoor climate. In the future, establishing a comfortable indoor environment may rely on porous glass incorporated into plaster, as this regulates ... full story -
Barnacles: Marine 'Pest' Provides Advances in Maritime Anti-Fouling and Biomedicine
July 30, 2014 — Biologists performed cutting-edge research on a marine pest that will pave the way for novel anti-fouling paint for ships and boats and also improve bio-adhesives for medical and industrial ... full story -
Dissolvable Fabric Loaded With Medicine Might Offer Faster Protection Against HIV
July 30, 2014 — Bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when ... full story -
Nature Inspires a Greener Way to Make Colorful Plastics
July 30, 2014 — Long before humans figured out how to create colors, nature had already perfected the process -- think stunning, bright butterfly wings of many different hues, for example. Now scientists are tapping ... full story -
Solar Energy: Dyes Help Harvest Light
July 30, 2014 — A new dye-sensitized solar cell absorbs a broad range of visible and infrared wavelengths. Dye-sensitized solar cells rely on dyes that absorb light to mobilize a current of electrons and are a ... full story -
Heat-Responsive Polymers That Do Not Breakdown in Water May Lead to New Antifouling Coatings and Enhanced Oil Recovery
July 30, 2014 — Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil ... full story -
Spin-Based Electronics: New Material Successfully Tested
July 30, 2014 — Spintronics is a new field of electronics, using electron spin rather than motion. This technology requires insulating components that can control this quantum property. Scientists have shown ... full story -
New Catalyst Converts Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
July 30, 2014 — Scientists have synthesized a catalyst that improves their system for converting waste carbon dioxide into syngas, a precursor of gasoline and other energy-rich products, bringing the process closer ... full story -
World's Smallest Propeller Could Be Used for Microscopic Medicine
July 29, 2014 — Scientists have created robots that are only nanometers in length, small enough to maneuver inside the human body and possibly inside human ... full story -
A New Way to Make Microstructured Surfaces: Method Can Produce Strong, Lightweight Materials With Specific Surface Properties
July 29, 2014 — A team of researchers has created a new way of manufacturing microstructured surfaces that have novel three-dimensional textures. These surfaces, made by self-assembly of carbon nanotubes, could ... full story -
Tough Foam from Tiny Sheets: Lab Uses Atom-Thick Materials to Make Ultralight Foam
July 29, 2014 — Tough, ultralight foam of atom-thick sheets can be made to any size and shape through a new chemical process. In microscopic images, the foam dubbed "GO-0.5BN" looks like a nanoscale ... full story -
The Quantum Cheshire Cat: Can Neutrons Be Located at a Different Place Than Their Own Spin?
July 29, 2014 — Can neutrons be located at a different place than their own spin? A quantum experiment demonstrates a new kind of quantum paradox. The Cheshire Cat featured in Lewis Caroll's novel "Alice ... full story
- On-chip topological light: First measurements of transmission and delay
- 'Active' surfaces control what's on them: Scientists develop treated surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move
- 'Wetting' a battery's appetite for renewable energy storage: New liquid alloy electrode improves sodium-beta battery performance
- Light pulses control graphene's electrical behavior
- Superconductors: Physical link to strange electronic behavior
- Chemists create nanofibers using unprecedented new method, reminiscent of fibers found in living cells
- Pressure probing potential photoelectronic manufacturing compound
- Chemists demonstrate 'brick-and-mortar' assembly of new molecular structures
- Comfortable climate indoors with porous glass incorporated into plaster
- Barnacles: Marine 'pest' provides advances in maritime anti-fouling and biomedicine
- Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- Solar energy: Dyes help harvest light
- Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil recovery
- Spin-based electronics: New material successfully tested
- New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
- World's smallest propeller could be used for microscopic medicine
- A new way to make microstructured surfaces: Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties
- Tough foam from tiny sheets: Lab uses atom-thick materials to make ultralight foam
- The Quantum Cheshire Cat: Can neutrons be located at a different place than their own spin?
- Beyond invisibility cloaks? Flexible metamaterial absorbers developed
- Printing the metals of the future
- Physicists unlock nature of high-temperature superconductivity
- Models for polymer macromolecules using magnets and DNA 'springs'
- New meaning to refrigerator magnets: Magnets may act as wireless cooling agents
- Building 'invisible' materials with light
- Superconductivity could form at high temperatures in layered 2-D crystals
- Simulating the invisible: How palladium nanoparticles interact
- New system to detect mercury in water systems
- Breakthrough laser experiment reveals liquid-like motion of atoms within an ultra-cold cluster
- Steam energy from the sun: New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam
- Antioxidant biomaterial promotes healing
- New approach to form non-equilibrium structures
- New characteristics of complex oxide surfaces revealed
- Cost-effective, solvothermal synthesis of heteroatom (S or N)-doped graphene developed
- Dream come true for chemists? Creating organic zeolites
- Discovery is key to metal wear in sliding parts
- Chemist develops X-ray vision for quality assurance
- Unleashing the power of quantum dot triplets
- Nano-supercapacitors for electric cars
- Eco-pottery product from water treatment sludge
- Spinach could lead to alternative energy more powerful than Popeye
- The birth of topological spintronics: New material combo could lead to more efficient computers
- Membrane filter developed for clean water around the world
- Nano-sized chip picks up scent of explosives molecules better than dog's nose
- A crystal wedding in the nanocosmos may lead to fast multi-functional processing units on single chip
- New technology detects probiotic organisms in food
- Technique simplifies creation of high-tech crystals
- Quantum leap in lasers brightens future for quantum computing
- A new multi-bit 'spin' for magnetic random access memory storage
- Scientists use simple, low cost laser technique to improve properties and functions of nanomaterials
- Supermaterial gives rejected drugs a new chance
- Bioprinting methods on 2-D surfaces to link 3-D cellular structures
- Understanding graphene's electrical properties on an atomic level
- Chemists eye improved thin films with metal substitution
- Carbyne morphs when stretched: Calculations show carbon-atom chain would go metal to semiconductor
- More than glitter: How gold nanoparticles easily penetrate cells, making them useful for delivering drugs
- New drug against malaria effective: Uses synchrotron light
- Tiny laser sensor heightens bomb detection sensitivity
- A noble gas cage: New material traps gases from nuclear fuel better and uses less energy than currently available options
- Universal three-body relation: Physicists succeed in revealing the scaling behavior of exotic giant molecules
- New material puts a twist in light
- More energy from a liter of biofuel
- 'Nanocamera' takes pictures at distances smaller than light's own wavelength
- Clearing the way for extremely efficient solar cells: First ab initio method for characterizing hot carriers
- Scientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planets
- When is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules
- Improving the cost and efficiency of renewable energy storage
- Efficient structures help build a sustainable future
- An anti-glare, anti-reflective display for mobile devices?
- Supercomputers reveal strange, stress-induced transformations in world's thinnest materials
- Extending Moore's Law: Shrinking transistor size for smaller, more efficient computers
- 3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
- New materials for future green tech devices
- Directly visualizing hydrogen bonds
- Removing disordered regions of shape-shifting protein explains how blood clots
- Fuel cells for powering homes
- Labs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
- Researchers demonstrate novel, tunable nanoantennas
- Squishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states
- Nano-sized silicon oxide electrode for the next generation lithium ion batteries
- Quantum computers? First photonic router demonstrated
- Technology produces clean-burning hydrogen fuel cheaply using carbon nanotubes
- Flashes of light on a superconductor
- Pumping efficiency into electrical motors
- Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Getting a charge out of water droplets: Water jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricity
- New simple setup for X-ray phase contrast
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials
- Neutron crystallography resolves long-standing molecular mystery
- Silicon oxide for better computer memory: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability
- Advancing the limits for ultrafast nano-devices
- Speeding up data storage by a thousand times with 'spin current'
- Postcards from the photosynthetic edge: Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation
- First snapshots of water splitting in photosynthesis
- 'Nano-pixels' promise thin, flexible, high resolution displays
- New paths into the world of quasiparticles
- Projecting a three-dimensional future based on nanoantennas
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