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Scientists Trick the Light Fantastic
Mar. 2, 2015 — What if one day, your computer, TV or smart phone could process data with light waves instead of an electrical current, making those devices faster, cheaper and more sustainable through less heat and ... full story -
Blend of Polymers Could One Day Make Solar Power Lighter, Cheaper and More Efficient
Mar. 2, 2015 — Scientists are reporting advances on how to one day make solar cells stronger, lighter, more flexible and less expensive when compared with the current silicon or germanium technology on the ... full story -
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 -
New Filter Could Advance Terahertz Data Transmission
Feb. 27, 2015 — For wireless communication in the long-sought terahertz range, engineers have devised a frequency filter that can be fabricated with an inkjet ... 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 -
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 -
Using 'Fuzzy Logic' to Optimize Hybrid Solar/battery Systems
Feb. 24, 2015 — A group of researchers in Tunisia and Algeria show how fuzzy logic has helped them create an ideal photovoltaic system that obeys the supply-and-demand principle and its delicate balance. They have ... full story -
Optical Nanoantennas Set the Stage for a NEMS Lab-on-a-Chip Revolution
Feb. 24, 2015 — Newly developed tiny antennas, likened to spotlights on the nanoscale, offer the potential to measure food safety, identify pollutants in the air and even quickly diagnose and treat cancer, according ... full story -
Radio Chip for the 'Internet of Things'
Feb. 23, 2015 — A circuit that reduces power leakage when transmitters are idle could greatly extend battery ... full story -
Availabililty of Rare Metals for Manufacturing: Are We (In)dependent of Rare Metals?
Feb. 23, 2015 — Numerous metallic elements are regarded as "critical": on one hand, they play an ever more important role in so-called future technologies and on the other, there is a high risk of supply ... full story -
Fever Alarm Armband: A Wearable, Printable, Temperature Sensor
Feb. 23, 2015 — Researchers have developed a 'fever alarm armband,' a flexible, self-powered wearable device that sounds an alarm in case of high body temperature. The flexible organic components developed ... full story -
New Assistive Equipment to Maximize Human Sensorimotor Function
Feb. 23, 2015 — A prototype for wearable equipment to support human motion has now been developed. This wearable equipment, called the Sensorimotor Enhancing Suit (SEnS), enhances sensorimotor functions by reducing ... full story -
SuperSTEM Microscope Sees Single Atoms
Feb. 20, 2015 — A new super powerful electron microscope that can pinpoint the position of single atoms, and will help scientists push boundaries even further, in fields such as advanced materials, healthcare and ... full story -
New Technique for Making Graphene Competitor, Molybdenum Disulfide
Feb. 19, 2015 — Researchers have made an advance in manufacturing molybdenum disulphide, a 2-D material that could compete with graphene for replacing silicon in next-generation electronics. By growing flakes of the ... full story -
Perfect Colors, Captured With One Ultra-Thin Lens
Feb. 19, 2015 — A completely flat, ultrathin lens can focus different wavelengths of light at the same point, achieving instant color correction in one extremely thin, miniaturized ... full story -
Atomically Thin Gas and Chemical Sensors
Feb. 19, 2015 — The relatively recent discovery of graphene, a two-dimensional layered material with unusual and attractive electronic, optical and thermal properties, led scientists to search for other atomically ... full story -
Semiconductor Works Better When Hitched to Graphene
Feb. 18, 2015 — Graphene -- a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon with highly desirable electrical properties, flexibility and strength -- shows great promise for future electronics, advanced solar cells, protective ... full story -
New Paper-Like Material Could Boost Electric Vehicle Batteries
Feb. 18, 2015 — Researchers have developed a novel paper-like material for lithium-ion batteries. It has the potential to boost by several times the specific energy, or amount of energy that can be delivered per ... full story -
Nanotechnology: Better Measurements of Single Molecule Circuits
Feb. 18, 2015 — A new technique gives better measurements of the properties of electrical circuits made of single molecules. The method should enable more research in nanotechnology, researchers ... full story -
A Novel Approach for High Performance Field Emission Electron Sources
Feb. 18, 2015 — Enhancing the electron emission of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) is key for applications ranging from cold cathodes used in high-resolution electron microscopes to portable X-ray imaging ... full story
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- New filter could advance terahertz data transmission
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- Radio chip for the 'Internet of things'
- Availabililty of rare metals for manufacturing: Are we (in)dependent of rare metals?
- Fever alarm armband: A wearable, printable, temperature sensor
- New assistive equipment to maximize human sensorimotor function
- New technique for making graphene competitor, molybdenum disulfide
- Perfect colors, captured with one ultra-thin lens
- Atomically thin gas and chemical sensors
- Semiconductor works better when hitched to graphene
- New paper-like material could boost electric vehicle batteries
- Nanotechnology: Better measurements of single molecule circuits
- A novel approach for high performance field emission electron sources
- New solder for semiconductors creates technological possibilities
- Building a more versatile frequency comb: Newly developed frequency combs can operate at higher power
- A new spin on spintronics
- Novel solid-state nanomaterial platform enables terahertz photonics
- Interaction between light and sound in nanoscale waveguide
- Material for efficient plasmonic devices in mid-infrared range
- Controlling car pollution at the quantum level
- Half spheres for molecular circuits
- See here now: Telescopic contact lenses and wink-control glasses
- Transforming silver into any color of the rainbow: Silver-glass sandwich structure acts as inexpensive color filter
- Exotic states materialize with supercomputers
- Switching superconductivity by light
- Step toward rational design of catalysts: Better catalysts, made-to-order
- When is a Pollock not a Pollock? Computer analysis verifies authenticity of Jackson Pollock's drip painting
- Extreme-temperature electronics
- Electronics you can wrap around your finger
- Bringing texture to your flat touchscreen with virtual bumps
- Breakthrough may lead to industrial production of graphene devices
- Research shows benefits of silicon carbide for sensors in harsh environments
- Bracelet that monitors real-time health signs for the elderly
- Precision growth of light-emitting nanowires
- Nanoscale solution to big problem of overheating in microelectronic devices
- One-atom-thin silicon transistors hold promise for super-fast computing
- Rediscovering spontaneous light emission
- Developing smart services in the cloud
- Faster first aid for catastrophe victims
- Magnetic sense for humans? Electronic skin with magneto-sensory system enables 'sixth sense'
- Singapore's first 3-D-printed concept car
- New technique doubles the distance of optical fiber communications
- Computer chips: Engineers use disorder to control light on the nanoscale
- Graphene displays clear prospects for flexible electronics
- New method allows for greater variation in band gap tunability
- HiSIM-SOTB, compact transistor model, selected as international industry standard
- New technique for growing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
- Understanding portable biodetection technology for identifying suspcious substances
- New pathway to valleytronics: Femtosecond laser used to manipulate valley excitons
- Programmed synthesis towards multi-substituted benzene derivatives
- Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Researchers develop a new technology that will enable the universalization of HD television
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Chemists control structure to unlock magnetization and polarization simultaneously
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- New signal amplification process set to transform communications, imaging, computing
- First public lighting system that runs on solar and wind energy
- Many antennas, multiple benefits: Can handle cellular traffic more reliably
- Improved solar panels and printed electronics on the horizon with new material discovery
- Huge 3-D displays without 3-D glasses
- Extra-short nanowires best for brain
- Carbon nanotube finding could lead to flexible electronics with longer battery life
- Laser-induced graphene 'super' for electronics: Flexible, 3-D supercapacitors tested
- A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
- Zinc oxide materials tapped for tiny energy harvesting devices
- Novel multiferroic materials, devices integrated with silicon chips developed
- Wonder material silicene still stands just out of reach
- New superconducting hybrid crystals
- From the bottom up: Manipulating nanoribbons at the molecular level
- Toward quantum chips: Packing single-photon detectors on an optical chip is crucial for quantum-computational circuits
- From the lab to your digital device, quantum dots have made quantum leaps
- 3-D 'pop-up' silicon structures: Transforming planar materials into 3-D microarchitectures
- Neuroprosthetics for paralysis: Biocompatible, flexible implant slips into the spinal cord
- Defying the Achilles heel of 'wonder material' graphene: Resilience to extreme conditions
- Magic numbers of quantum matter revealed by cold atoms
- 3D reconstruction software for antique auto parts and prehispanic objects
- Bamboo bike recharges mobile devices, external batteries by peddling
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