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Surprising Material Could Play Huge Role in Saving Energy: Tin Selenide Is Best at Converting Waste Heat to Electricity
Apr. 17, 2014 — One strategy for addressing the world's energy crisis is to stop wasting so much energy when producing and using it, such as in coal-fired power plants or transportation. Nearly two-thirds of ... full story -
Chiral Breathing: Electrically Controlled Polymer Changes Its Optical Properties
Apr. 17, 2014 — Electrically controlled glasses with continuously adjustable transparency, new polarization filters, and even chemosensors capable of detecting single molecules of specific chemicals could be ... full story -
Identifying the Complex Growth Process of Strontium Titanate Thin Films
Apr. 16, 2014 — Researchers in Japan have achieved the first successful atomic-level observation of growing strontium titanate thin ... full story -
An Abundant and Inexpensive Water-Splitting Photocatalyst With Low Toxicity
Apr. 16, 2014 — Researchers in Japan have discovered a new photocatalyst, Sn3O4, which facilitates the production of hydrogen fuel from water, using sunlight as an energy ... full story -
Information Storage for the Next Generation of Plastic Computers: Efficient Conversion from Magnetic Storage to Light Is Key
Apr. 16, 2014 — Inexpensive computers, cell phones and other systems that substitute flexible plastic for silicon chips may be one step closer to reality, thanks to new research. Scientists have made a new proposal ... full story -
Quantum Computing? Progress in the Fight Against Quantum Dissipation
Apr. 16, 2014 — Scientists have confirmed a 50-year-old, previously untested theoretical prediction in physics and improved the energy storage time of a quantum switch by several orders of magnitude. High-quality ... full story -
Scientists Capture Ultrafast Snapshots of Light-Driven Superconductivity
Apr. 16, 2014 — A new study pins down a major factor behind the appearance of superconductivity -- the ability to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency -- in a promising copper-oxide material. Scientists ... full story -
Making Radiation-Proof Materials for Electronics, Power Plants
Apr. 16, 2014 — The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster made the dangers of radiation all too real. To avoid similar tragedies in the future, scientists are working to develop new radiation-proof materials for nuclear ... full story -
New Type of Barcode Could Make Counterfeiters' Lives More Difficult
Apr. 16, 2014 — Counterfeiters, beware! Scientists are reporting the development of a new type of inexpensive barcode that, when added to documents or currency, could foil attempts at making forgeries. Although the ... full story -
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 -
At the Origin of Cell Division: The Features of Living Matter Emerge from Inanimate Matter in Simulation
Apr. 16, 2014 — Droplets of filamentous material enclosed in a lipid membrane: these are the models of a “simplified” cell used by physicists who simulated the spontaneous emergence of cell motility and division ... full story -
Environmentally Compatible Organic Solar Cells in the Future
Apr. 16, 2014 — Environmentally compatible production methods for organic solar cells from novel materials are in the focus of “MatHero”. The new project aims at making organic photovoltaics competitive to their ... 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
- Surprising material could play huge role in saving energy: Tin selenide is best at converting waste heat to electricity
- Chiral breathing: Electrically controlled polymer changes its optical properties
- Identifying the complex growth process of strontium titanate thin films
- An abundant and inexpensive water-splitting photocatalyst with low toxicity
- Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers: Efficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key
- Quantum computing? Progress in the fight against quantum dissipation
- Scientists capture ultrafast snapshots of light-driven superconductivity
- Making radiation-proof materials for electronics, power plants
- New type of barcode could make counterfeiters' lives more difficult
- 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
- At the origin of cell division: The features of living matter emerge from inanimate matter in simulation
- Environmentally compatible organic solar cells in the future
- 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
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