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The Better to See You With: Prosthetic Leg Would Keep an Eye on Path Ahead
Feb. 27, 2015 — A mechanical engineer and his team have developed a computer-controlled camera that enables their robotic ankle to see where it is ... full story -
Bringing Clean Energy a Step Closer
Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have made an inexpensive metal-free catalyst that performs as well as costly metal catalysts at speeding the oxygen reduction reaction in an acidic fuel cell, and is more durable. The ... full story -
Untangling DNA With a Droplet of Water, a Pipet and a Polymer
Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have long sought an efficient way to untangle DNA to study its structure -- neatly unraveled and straightened out -- under a microscope. Now, researchers have devised a simple and ... full story -
The Biobattery: Turning Sewage Sludge Into Electricity and Engine Oil
Feb. 27, 2015 — Sewage sludge, green waste, production residue from the food industry, straw or animal excrement – with the biobattery‘s modular concept a much larger range of biomass can be utilized for energy ... full story -
Caging of Molecules Allows Investigation of Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Feb. 26, 2015 — High performance materials for gas storage, thermal insulators or nanomachines need a thorough understanding of the behavior of the material down to the molecular level. Thermodynamics, which have ... full story -
Building Blocks of the Future Defy Logic: New Logic-Defying Mathematical Model
Feb. 26, 2015 — Wake up in the morning and stretch; your midsection narrows. Pull on a rubber band and it becomes thinner. One might assume that materials will always stretch and thin. Wrong. Thanks to their ... full story -
New Research Predicts When, How Materials Will Act
Feb. 26, 2015 — A material might melt or snap in half. And for engineers, knowing when and why that might happen is crucial information. Now, a researcher has laid out an overarching theory that explains why certain ... full story -
New X-Ray Microscope for Nanoscale Imaging
Feb. 26, 2015 — A new microscope at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe will ultimately deliver nanoscale resolution imaging for everything from proteins to fuel cell ... full story -
Combating Bacteria Via Silver-Dammar Coating
Feb. 26, 2015 — Natural resins obtained from plants to be used as a coating element to enhance durability and anti-rust properties. Coating systems are formulated using a mixture of dammar, silver and nanoclay in ... full story -
Superatomic Nickel Core and Unusual Molecular Reactivity
Feb. 26, 2015 — Scientists have revealed a unique molecular fragment Ni2O2, consisting of two nickel atoms and two oxygen atoms, that have shown plausible superatomic properties. Supeatoms are important structural ... full story -
Lithium from the Coal in China
Feb. 26, 2015 — Coal from China could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry. Lithium is an essential component of rechargeable batteries used almost ubiquitously in ... full story -
Optical Features Embedded in Marine Shells May Help Develop Responsive, Transparent Displays
Feb. 26, 2015 — The blue-rayed limpet is a tiny mollusk that lives in kelp beds along the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and the Canary Islands. These diminutive organisms -- as small as a ... full story -
Clusters of Aluminum Metal Atoms Become Superconductive at Surprisingly High Temperatures
Feb. 25, 2015 — Clusters of atoms known as 'superatoms' represent an entirely new family of superconductors -- one that appears to work at temperatures well above standard ... full story -
Bending a Highly Energetic Electron Beam With Crystal
Feb. 25, 2015 — Scientists have demonstrated that a bent silicon crystal can bend the paths of focused, very energetic electron beams much more than magnets used today. The method could be of interest for particle ... full story -
Magnetic Nanoparticles Enhance Performance of Solar Cells
Feb. 25, 2015 — Magnetic nanoparticles can increase the performance of solar cells made from polymers -- provided the mix is right. Adding about one per cent of such nanoparticles by weight makes the solar cells ... full story -
In Quest for Better Lithium-Air Batteries, Chemists Boost Carbon's Stability
Feb. 25, 2015 — Chemists report nano-coatings increased the stability of a unique form of carbon, yielding performance gains focused on next generation lithium-air ... full story -
Graphene Shows Potential as Novel Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Strategy
Feb. 25, 2015 — Graphene has been used to target and neutralize cancer stem cells while not harming other cells, investigators report. This new development opens up the possibility of preventing or treating a broad ... full story -
Flexible Nanosensors for Wearable Devices
Feb. 25, 2015 — Scientists will now be able to fabricate optical nanosensors capable of sticking to uneven surfaces and biological surfaces, like human skin. This result can boost the use of wearable devices to ... full story -
Spin Laser: Rapid Data Transfer Thanks to Quantum Physics
Feb. 25, 2015 — Engineers have developed a new concept for accelerating data transfer in server farms. To this end, the team has applied a quantum-mechanical variable, i.e. the spin. Researchers are optimizing the ... full story -
New Nanowire Structure Absorbs Light Efficiently: May Be Used in LEDs and Solar Cells
Feb. 25, 2015 — Researchers have developed a new method to implement different types of nanowires side-by-side into a single array on a single substrate. The new technique makes it possible to use different ... full story
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- New research predicts when, how materials will act
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Combating bacteria via silver-dammar coating
- Superatomic Nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity
- Lithium from the coal in China
- Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays
- Clusters of aluminum metal atoms become superconductive at surprisingly high temperatures
- Bending a highly energetic electron beam with crystal
- Magnetic nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells
- In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Flexible nanosensors for wearable devices
- Spin laser: Rapid data transfer thanks to quantum physics
- New nanowire structure absorbs light efficiently: May be used in LEDs and solar cells
- Cutting-edge technology optimizes cancer therapy with nanomedicine drug combinations
- Dendrite eraser: New electrolyte rids batteries of short-circuiting fibers
- Ultra-thin nanowires can trap electron 'twisters' that disrupt superconductors
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- New acoustic insulation material that incorporates fibers from orange tree pruning
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealed
- Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step
- Radio chip for the 'Internet of things'
- Simulating superconducting materials with ultracold atoms
- 3D printed guides can help restore function in damaged nerves
- Availabililty of rare metals for manufacturing: Are we (in)dependent of rare metals?
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Frequency combs in molecular fingerprint region
- Quantum many-body systems on the way back to equilibrium
- New technique for making graphene competitor, molybdenum disulfide
- New nanogel for drug delivery: Self-healing gel can be injected into the body and act as a long-term drug depot
- Direct observation of bond formations
- Atomically thin gas and chemical sensors
- Higgs mode in superconducting materials: Tabletop technique for examining physics' most celebrated missing link
- Shape-shifting nanorod ensembles release heat differently
- Searching for signs of a force from the 'dark side' in particle collisions
- Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells
- Semiconductor works better when hitched to graphene
- New paper-like material could boost electric vehicle batteries
- Nanotechnology: Better measurements of single molecule circuits
- Monitoring the real-time deformation of carbon nanocoils under axial loading
- A novel approach for high performance field emission electron sources
- Getting a grip on exotic atomic nuclei
- Breakthrough in nanotoxicology by researchers
- Cost-effective and efficient rival for platinum
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment, including kitchen utensils, contain valuable materials
- Scientists find strongest natural material known to humans
- New solder for semiconductors creates technological possibilities
- Voltage tester for beating cardiac cells
- A rapid extension of nanographene sheets from readily available hydrocarbons
- Novel crumpling method takes flat graphene from 2-D to 3-D
- Insight into inner magnetic layers
- Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science
- A new spin on spintronics
- Novel solid-state nanomaterial platform enables terahertz photonics
- Material for efficient plasmonic devices in mid-infrared range
- Controlling car pollution at the quantum level
- Half spheres for molecular circuits
- Experimental 'short cut' reduces from millennia to minutes the time needed to measure glass viscosity
- How carbonates behave in Earth's interior
- How iron feels the heat
- Self-stretching material: No limit to number of times material can change shape
- Transforming silver into any color of the rainbow: Silver-glass sandwich structure acts as inexpensive color filter
- Distortions glimpsed in atomic structure of materials
- Seeing through sparklers: What happens to heat-treated diamonds
- Exotic states materialize with supercomputers
- Data-storage for eternity, stored in the form of DNA
- Explaining 30-year-old 'hidden order' physics mystery
- Switching superconductivity by light
- Step toward rational design of catalysts: Better catalysts, made-to-order
- Getting molten wax in shape
- Crystal pattern mapping can recover obliterated serial numbers in metals
- Weird 'strings' attached to future high temperature superconductivity
- Mixing plant waste and plastic to obtain building materials
- Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures
- Novel high-power microwave generator
- Fluorescing food dyes as probes to improve food quality
- Better batteries inspired by lowly snail shells
- New method to understand steel fracturing
- Nonlinear resonance disaster in the light of ultrashort pulses
- Novel non-stick material joins portfolio of slippery surface technologies
- Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk
- Extreme-temperature electronics
- Electronics you can wrap around your finger
- Cracks in the surface coating of gas turbines are necessary for longer life-span and better thermal insulation
- Historic Indian sword was masterfully crafted
- Process for synthesizing a new family of molecules with dye properties
- Hybrid perovskite nanoparticles with 80% luminescence yield obtained
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