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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 -
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 -
Beyond Invisibility Cloaks? Flexible Metamaterial Absorbers Developed
July 29, 2014 — Scientists have created flexible metamaterial absorbers designed to suppress electromagnetic radiation from mobile electronics. Electromagnetic metamaterials boast special properties not found in ... full story -
Printing the Metals of the Future
July 28, 2014 — 3-D printers can create all kinds of things, from eyeglasses to implantable medical devices, straight from a computer model and without the need for molds. But for making spacecraft, engineers ... full story -
Physicists Unlock Nature of High-Temperature Superconductivity
July 28, 2014 — Physicists have identified the 'quantum glue' that underlies a promising type of superconductivity -- a crucial step towards the creation of energy superhighways that conduct electricity ... full story -
Models for Polymer Macromolecules Using Magnets and DNA 'Springs'
July 28, 2014 — Scientists are making models for polymer macromolecules using magnets and DNA 'springs' that can be tuned for ... full story -
New Meaning to Refrigerator Magnets: Magnets May Act as Wireless Cooling Agents
July 28, 2014 — The magnets cluttering the face of your refrigerator may one day be used as cooling agents, according to a new theory. A magnetically driven refrigerator would require no moving parts, unlike ... full story -
Building 'Invisible' Materials With Light
July 28, 2014 — A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one step closer to ... full story -
Superconductivity Could Form at High Temperatures in Layered 2-D Crystals
July 28, 2014 — An elusive state of matter called superconductivity could be realized in stacks of sheetlike crystals just a few atoms thick, new analysis determined. Electrons and 'holes' would accumulate ... full story -
Simulating the Invisible: How Palladium Nanoparticles Interact
July 28, 2014 — Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos in the OIST Nanoparticles by Design Unit simulates the interactions of particles that are too small to see, and too complicated to visualize. In order to study the ... full story -
'Holy Grail' of Battery Design Achieved: Stable Lithium Anode
July 27, 2014 — Researchers report that they have taken a big step toward accomplishing what battery designers have been trying to do for decades -- design a pure lithium anode. All batteries have three basic ... full story -
New System to Detect Mercury in Water Systems
July 25, 2014 — A new ultra-sensitive, low-cost and portable system for detecting mercury in environmental water has been developed by researchers. "The promising sensing performance of this system along with ... full story -
Breakthrough Laser Experiment Reveals Liquid-Like Motion of Atoms Within an Ultra-Cold Cluster
July 25, 2014 — A new study has furthered our understanding of how tiny nanosystems function, unlocking the potential to create new materials using nanosized ‘building ... full story -
Steam Energy from the Sun: New Spongelike Structure Converts Solar Energy Into Steam
July 24, 2014 — A new material structure generates steam by soaking up the sun. The structure -- a layer of graphite flakes and an underlying carbon foam -- is a porous, insulating material structure that floats on ... full story -
Antioxidant Biomaterial Promotes Healing
July 24, 2014 — The first-ever inherently antioxidant biomaterial has been created by researcher. It has the potential to prevent failure in medical devices and surgical implants. The lead researcher said the new ... full story
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- 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
- Chemists develop novel catalyst with two functions
- More efficient fuel cells under developement by engineers
- Highway for ultracold atoms in light crystals
- Even geckos can lose their grip
- Using sand to improve battery performance
- Solar energy gets a boost: 'Singlet fission' can increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 30 percent
- Highly reactive gold carbene complex shines in emerald green
- Nanotechnology: Paving the way for electronic applications
- Solar cells: Powered by nanoholes
- Nano-optics: Getting the most out of tiny lasers
- Plasmonics: Minimizing loss by thinning, smoothing
- Improving the stability of clay for construction
- Silicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance
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