Super stable garnet ceramics may be ideal for high-energy lithium batteries
Researchers have discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreResearchers have discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreScientists have developed and patented a nanofluid improving thermal conductivity at temperatures up to 400 C without assuming an increase in costs or a remodeling of the infrastructure. This progress has important applications in sectors such as chemical, petrochemical and energy, thus becoming a useful technology in all industrial applications using heat transfer systems such as solar power plants, nuclear power plants, combined-cycle power plants and heating, among other.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreA new medical imaging method could help physicians detect cancer and other diseases earlier than before, speeding treatment and reducing the need for invasive, time-consuming biopsies.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a method to separate nanomaterials by size, therefore providing a consistency in properties otherwise not available. Moreover, the solution came straight from the life sciences - biochemistry, in fact.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreScientists announce a groundbreaking discovery in the area of experimental physics that has implications for understanding how radiotherapy kills cancer cells, among other things.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreStudy demonstrates that quantum holograms could be a candidate for becoming quantum information memory.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreThe diagnostic 'nanodecoder', which will consist of self-assembled DNA and protein nanostructures, will greatly advance biomarker detection and provide accurate molecular characterisation enabling more detailed evaluation of how diseased tissues respond to therapies.
Oct 21st, 2014
Read moreScientists have developed a model for what happens when ultracold atomic spins are trapped in an optical lattice structure with a 'double-valley' feature, where the repeating unit resembles the letter W. This new theory result opens up a novel path for generating what's known as the spin Hall effect, an important example of spin-transport.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreLaser physicists have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract objects, using a hollow laser beam that is bright around the edges and dark in its centre.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreProfessor Charles M. Lieber of Harvard University receives the first-time honor.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have used graphene to fabricate a new type of microelectrode that solves a major problem for investigators looking to understand the intricate circuitry of the brain.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreMicro- and nanoparticles that bind under low temperatures will melt as temperatures rise to moderate levels, but re-connect under hotter conditions, a team of scientists has found. Their discovery points to new ways to create 'smart materials', cutting-edge materials that adapt to their environment by taking new forms, and to sharpen the detail of 3-D printing.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreScientists have used atomic-resolution Z-contrast imaging and X-ray spectroscopy in a scanning transmission electron microscope to explore dislocations in the binary II-VI semiconductor CdTe, commercially used in thin-film photovoltaics. The results may lead to eventual improvement in the conversion efficiency of CdTe solar cells. These novel insights into atomically resolved chemical structure of dislocations have potential for understanding many more defect-based phenomena.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreIn a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells, engineers have made rounded crystals that have no facets.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreCastles and cathedrals, statues and spires - Europe's built environment would not be the same without these witnesses of centuries past. But, eventually, even the hardest stone will crumble. EU-funded researchers have developed innovative nano-materials to improve the preservation of our architectural heritage.
Oct 20th, 2014
Read moreEfficient transfer of information with organic molecules and skyrmions.
Oct 19th, 2014
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