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Making New Materials an Atomic Layer at a Time
Apr. 16, 2014 — Researchers have shown the ability to grow high quality, single-layer materials one on top of the other using chemical vapor deposition. This highly scalable technique, often used in the ... full story -
Global Scientific Team 'Visualizes' a New Crystallization Process
Apr. 16, 2014 — By combining a synchrotron's bright X-ray beam with high speed X-ray cameras, scientists shot a 'movie' showing how organic molecules form into crystals. This is a first. Their new ... full story -
Relieving Electric Vehicle Range Anxiety With Improved Batteries
Apr. 16, 2014 — A new nanomaterial called a metal organic framework could extend the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries, which could be used to increase the driving range of electric vehicles. Researchers added ... full story -
Scientists Achieve First Direct Observations of Excitons in Motion
Apr. 16, 2014 — A quasiparticle called an exciton -- responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits -- has been understood theoretically for decades. But ... full story -
A Small Connection With Big Implications: Wiring Up Carbon-Based Electronics
Apr. 16, 2014 — Carbon-based nanostructures such as nanotubes, graphene sheets, and nanoribbons are unique building blocks showing versatile nanomechanical and nanoelectronic properties. These materials which are ... full story -
Repeated Self-Healing Now Possible in Composite Materials
Apr. 15, 2014 — Internal damage in fiber-reinforced composites, materials used in structures of modern airplanes and automobiles, is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to repair by conventional methods. A ... full story -
Lens Turns Any Smartphone Into a Portable Microscope
Apr. 15, 2014 — The Micro Phone Lens can turn any smartphone or tablet computer into a hand-held microscope. The soft, pliable lens sticks to a device's camera without any adhesive or glue and makes it possible ... full story -
Targeting Cancer With a Triple Threat: New Nanoparticles Can Deliver Three Drugs at Once
Apr. 15, 2014 — Chemists have designed nanoparticles that can deliver three cancer drugs at a time. Such particles could be designed to carry even more drugs, allowing researchers to develop new treatment regimens ... full story -
Rethink Education to Fuel Bioeconomy, Says Report
Apr. 15, 2014 — Microbes can be highly efficient, versatile and sophisticated manufacturing tools, and have the potential to form the basis of a vibrant economic sector. In order to take full advantage of the ... full story -
Sensitive Detection Method May Help Impede Illicit Nuclear Trafficking
Apr. 15, 2014 — According to a new study, coupling commercially available spectral X-ray detectors with a specialized algorithm can improve the detection of uranium and plutonium in small, layered objects such as ... full story -
Engineers Develop New Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Apr. 15, 2014 — Engineers have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. The researchers have created for the first time compounds made from mixtures of calcium ... full story -
New Sensor Improves the Level of Efficiency in Detecting Ozone
Apr. 15, 2014 — Researchers have developed a more effective ozone sensor than the ones used so far. The new sensor detects this gas faster and in lower amounts. Ozone is present in the atmosphere and it plays a ... full story -
Wire Inspection: As Fast as a World-Class Sprinter
Apr. 15, 2014 — Pipes, rails, and wires are manufactured at high speeds. A new optical inspection system reviews the workpieces at 10 meters a second and finds defects in real time that can be as narrow as a single ... full story -
Scientists Come Up With Method of Reducing Solar Panel Glare
Apr. 15, 2014 — The glare from solar farms could be a thing of the past, thanks to new research. Researchers have developed a multi-layer anti-reflection coating for glass surfaces, which reduces the sun's ... full story -
Nanocrystalline Cellulose Modified Into Efficient Viral Inhibitor
Apr. 15, 2014 — Researchers have succeeded in creating a surface on nano-sized cellulose crystals that imitates a biological structure. The surface adsorbs viruses and disables them. The results can prove useful in ... full story -
Fiber-Optic Microscope Will Help Physicians Detect Cancer, Diseases at Early Stages
Apr. 15, 2014 — An inexpensive, portable and re-usable endoscopic microscope has been developed that will help clinicians detect and diagnose early-stage disease, primarily cancer. An endoscopic microscope is a tool ... full story -
Nano Shake-Up: Routine Handling Can Affect Nano Drug Carriers
Apr. 14, 2014 — Routine processing can affect the size of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery, new research shows. Nanotechnology has unlocked new pathways for targeted drug delivery, including the use of ... full story -
House Windows That Double as Solar Panels? Shiny Quantum Dots Brighten Future of Solar Cells
Apr. 14, 2014 — A house window that doubles as a solar panel could be on the horizon, thanks to recent quantum-dot work. Scientists have demonstrated that superior light-emitting properties of quantum dots can be ... full story -
Device Turns Flat Surface Into Spherical Antenna
Apr. 14, 2014 — By depositing an array of tiny, metallic, U-shaped structures onto a dielectric material, scientists have created a new artificial surface that can bend and focus electromagnetic waves the same way ... full story -
New 'Tunable' Semiconductors Will Allow Better Detectors, Solar Cells
Apr. 14, 2014 — Researchers have discovered a way to use existing semiconductors to detect a far wider range of light than is now possible, well into the infrared range. The team hopes to use the technology in ... full story
- Making new materials an atomic layer at a time
- Global scientific team 'visualizes' a new crystallization process
- Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
- Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
- A small connection with big implications: Wiring up carbon-based electronics
- Repeated self-healing now possible in composite materials
- Lens turns any smartphone into a portable microscope
- Targeting cancer with a triple threat: New nanoparticles can deliver three drugs at once
- Rethink education to fuel bioeconomy, says report
- Sensitive detection method may help impede illicit nuclear trafficking
- Engineers develop new materials for hydrogen storage
- New sensor improves the level of efficiency in detecting ozone
- Wire inspection: As fast as a world-class sprinter
- Scientists come up with method of reducing solar panel glare
- Nanocrystalline cellulose modified into efficient viral inhibitor
- Fiber-optic microscope will help physicians detect cancer, diseases at early stages
- Nano shake-up: Routine handling can affect nano drug carriers
- House windows that double as solar panels? Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells
- Device turns flat surface into spherical antenna
- New 'tunable' semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells
- Surgeons develop personalized 3-D printed kidney to simulate surgery prior to cancer operation
- Novel technique opens door to better solar cells, superconductors and hard drives
- Dual role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis: Pioneering findings
- Tiny particles could help verify goods
- Glasses strong as steel: A fast way to find the best
- How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies
- 'Nano-anesthesia: New approach to local anesthesia?
- Better solar cells, better LED light and vast optical possibilities
- New form of matter: Exotic hadron with two quarks, two anti-quarks confirmed
- Search for elusive dark matter: Looking for traces by studying particles with low masses and interaction rates
- Nanostructures with applications in infrared and terahertz ranges
- New self-healing plastics developed
- A modern twist on Young's slits
- Multilayer polymers spring into action: Mechanical vibrations turned into electrical energy
- Forever clean? Metal–organic 'micromushrooms' repel all
- Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devices
- Sunlight generates hydrogen in new porous silicon
- The motion of the medium matters for self-assembling particles
- Emerging research suggests a new paradigm for 'unconventional superconductors'
- One kind of supersymmetry shown to emerge naturally: Unique phenomenon in condensed matter system
- Scalable, universal quantum computer? Quantum information processed with system comprising optical photon and trapped atom
- Synthetic collagen promotes natural clotting
- New 'switch' could power quantum computing: Light lattice traps atoms, builds networks of quantum information transmitters
- At long last: Concrete that's nearly maintenance-free
- No compromises: Short, flexible, reusable AFM probe
- Tiny step edges, big step for surface science
- Novel ultra-fast electrical circuits use light-generated tunneling currents
- Scale model WWII craft takes flight with fuel from the sea concept
- New twist makes for better steel: Greater strength without loss of ductility
- Scalable CVD process for making 2-D molybdenum diselenide
- Expanding particles to engineer defects: Adding larger particle to crystalline system can create order rather than distortions
- 3-D printing trials of unmanned aircraft broaden possibilities for this emergent technology
- Hybrid technology could make Star Trek-style medical tricorder a reality
- Graphene nanoribbons as electronic switches
- Researching materials to optimize lithium-ion battery performance
- Trees go high-tech: Process turns cellulose into energy storage devices
- Rebar technique strengthens case for graphene: Hybrid nanotube-graphene material promises to simplify manufacturing
- Organic solar cells more efficient with molecules face-to-face
- New findings to help extend high efficiency solar cells' lifetime
- Groundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers
- Self-assembled silver superlattices create molecular machines with hydrogen-bond 'hinges' and moving 'gears'
- Inspired by moth eyeballs, chemists develop gold coating that dims glare
- To bridge LED green gap, think small ... really small: Nanostructures half a DNA strand-wide show promise for efficient LEDs
- Light-guiding gels provide new avenues for drug detection, delivery
- Materials, electronics that dissolve when triggered being developed
- Off the shelf, on the skin: Stick-on electronic patches for health monitoring
- Quantum computing: Quantum photon properties revealed in another particle -- the plasmon
- Researchers probe the next generation of 2-D materials
- Researchers design trees that make it easier to produce paper
- Energy breakthrough uses sun to create solar energy materials
- Tiny wireless sensing device alerts users to telltale vapors remotely
- Tiny power generator runs on spit
- Pocket-size ultrasonic nebulizer employing a novel nozzle improves inhalers
- Enhancing immune response through next generation polymeric vaccine adjuvants
- Tiny biomolecular tweezers studying force effect of cells
- How electrodes charge and discharge: Analysis probes charge transfer in porous battery electrodes for first time
- Ultrathin collagen matrix biomaterial tool for 3-D microtissue engineering
- Simple microfluidic devices now have valves
- Researchers open path to finding rare, polarized metals
- Strain can alter materials' properties
- Tiny crystals to boost solar
- Detecting diamonds with X-ray technology
- Making the most of carbon nanotube-liquid crystal combos
- Low-cost, highly efficient OLED lighting: Europium complexes emit red light at record efficiency
- New type of cement from ceramic waste
- Steel-fiber reinforced concrete for conventional construction work as well
- Good vibrations: Using light-heated water to deliver drugs
- Nanosheets and nanowires
- Carbon nanotubes grow in combustion flames
- Electrical transmission at atomic level: New approach to building signal processing components from individual atoms
- Improving smoldering test for upholstered furniture
- First phononic crystal that can be altered in real time
- Cheap, better-performing lithium-ion batteries created
- Nanoparticle trapped with laser light temporarily violates second law of thermodynamics
- Breakthrough in creating invisibility cloaks, stealth technology
- New gel allows for targeted therapy after heart attack
- World record set with a new 38 tesla magnet
- Diamonds are an oil's best friend: Research to find the best nanofluid for heat transfer
- Sticky composites improve, 'green up' lithium-ion batteries: New battery technology employs multifunctional materials
- New gel to promote bone growth on implants used in surgical procedures
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