Researchers have solved a key obstacle in creating the underlying technology for miniature optical sensors to detect chemicals and biological compounds, high-precision spectroscopy, ultra-stable microwave sources, and optical communications systems that transmit greater volumes of information with better quality.
Aug 11th, 2015
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New approach to design and assemble nanocomposite materials could advance energy storage.
Aug 11th, 2015
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New imaging technique shows heat building up inside microprocessors, providing information to help solve heat-related performance issues.
Aug 11th, 2015
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New research successfully used high-pressure conditions to induce colossal magnetoresistance for the first time in a pure sample of a compound called lanthanum manganite.
Aug 11th, 2015
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Surface plasmons move at nearly the speed of light and travel farther than expected, possibly leading to faster electronic circuits.
Aug 11th, 2015
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Engineers have discovered a way to grow graphene nanoribbons with desirable semiconducting properties directly on a conventional germanium semiconductor wafer. This breakthrough could allow manufacturers to easily use graphene nanoribbons in hybrid integrated circuits, which promise to significantly boost the performance of next-generation electronic devices.
Aug 11th, 2015
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Researchers have developed a drug delivery technology that consists of an elastic patch that can be applied to the skin and will release drugs whenever the patch is stretched.
Aug 11th, 2015
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Researchers have developed a simple new technique for locating self-assembled, epitaxially grown quantum dots, and used it to create high-performance single photon sources.
Aug 11th, 2015
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Graphene has number of interesting properties that have led researchers to suggest either modifying components of Li-ion batteries, or using graphene as the energy-storage medium instead as promising solutions.
Aug 11th, 2015
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Scientists have created a solid-state memory technology that allows for high-density storage with a minimum incidence of computer errors. The memories are based on tantalum oxide, a common insulator in electronics.
Aug 10th, 2015
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The Hybrid Photonic Mode-Synthesizing Atomic Force Microscope will allow scientists studying biological and synthetic materials to simultaneously observe chemical and physical properties on and beneath the surface.
Aug 10th, 2015
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This silicon nano-device can funnel laser light to a tightly focused spot and probe biological molecules to explore their potential use as new drugs.
Aug 10th, 2015
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Researchers create a superfluid in a record-high magnetic field.
Aug 10th, 2015
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To see proteins in their native environment, scientists can blast powerful X-rays at tiny volumes of proteins in solution. Resulting 'diffraction patterns' can then be interpreted to reconstruct information about the protein's molecular structure. An emerging technique called fluctuation X-ray scattering could provide more detail than traditional solution scattering.
Aug 10th, 2015
Read moreScientists have developed a new hydrogel that works like an artificial muscle - quickly stretching and contracting in response to changing temperature. They have also managed to use the polymer to build an L-shaped object that slowly walks forward as the temperature is repeatedly raised and lowered.
Aug 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have developed antibacterial nanofibres of cellulose acetate loaded with silver that could be used in a new type of dressing to promote tissue repair.
Aug 10th, 2015
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