A new European project proposes radically new technologies taking advantage of the unique properties of topological matter that can prove crucial for information processing, quantum communication and metrology.
Jan 31st, 2019
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No one has been able to determine just how much power is lost as the current goes from one nanoparticle to another - until now.
Jan 31st, 2019
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Controlling what goes on 'between the sheets' of layered 2D materials is key to optimization.
Jan 31st, 2019
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Researchers have developed a stretchable multi-functional fiber (SMF) that can harvest energy and detect strain, which can be applied to future wearable electronics.
Jan 31st, 2019
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Researchers melted, super-cooled and then reheated a model alloy of aluminum and samarium, and monitored the reheating process in real time with a combination of high-energy x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.
Jan 30th, 2019
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The device, produced by bacteria, takes advantage of the residual heat and transforms it into electricity for innovative sensing applications.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a new method to produce structural colors that don't change with the angle of viewing.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Inspired by colorful layered cocktails, researchers have developed a medium-term, reversible male contraceptive.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Nanotechnology for solar power paves way for more sustainable chemical manufacturing industry, one of the globe's biggest energy users.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Soft, squishy device could potentially track ulcers, cancers, and other GI conditions over the long term.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) to seriously accelerate the development of new technologies from wearable electronics to flexible solar panels.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Researchers have developed an antireflection coating that improves on existing coatings to the extent that it can make transparent plastics, such as Plexiglas, virtually invisible.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Water molecules distort the electrical resistance of graphene, but a team of researchers has discovered that when this two-dimensional material is integrated with the metal of a circuit, contact resistance is not impaired by humidity.
Jan 30th, 2019
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Researchers have found a method for synthesizing hexagonal boron nitride films with a nearly perfect single-crystalline structure. This structure consistently self-assembles on top of liquid gold and can be used as a platform for synthesizing other crystalline thin-film materials.
Jan 29th, 2019
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For the first time, a team of researchers has demonstrated that laser-generated crystals confined in glass retain controllable ferroelectric properties, key to creating faster, more efficient optical communication systems.
Jan 29th, 2019
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