The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing
New research provides a general formula for understanding how layered materials form different surface patterns.
Mar 9th, 2015
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Researchers need to conduct more studies to clarify impact of cellulose nanocrystals on human health
Are cellulose nanocrystals harmful to human health? The answer might depend on the route of exposure, according to a review of the literature, but there have been few studies and many questions remain.
Mar 9th, 2015
Read more$10 Million gift establishes pioneering Nano Oncology Center
A new $10 million gift from Ronald and JoAnne Willens to Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) will establish an interdisciplinary research center that will use advances in nanotechnology to develop new cancer treatments. It will be one of the first centers of its kind in the country.
Mar 9th, 2015
Read moreHighlighting and focusing on future prospects in Materials Science and Engineering
Operating Committee of Materials Science-2015 invites researchers, academicians, scientists, Institutions, corporate entities, associations and students across the world to attend the 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Material Science and Engineering during September 14-16, 2015, at Florida, USA with the theme 'Highlighting and Focusing on future prospects in Materials Science & Engineering'.
Mar 9th, 2015
Read moreArtificial methane hydrates open an innovative pathway for the use of new fuels
Researchers have shown that it is possible to prepare methane hydrates in a laboratory by imitating, and even enhancing, natural processes through the use of activated carbon materials as nano-reactors.
Mar 9th, 2015
Read moreQuantum sensor's advantages survive entanglement breakdown
Preserving the fragile quantum property known as entanglement isn't necessary to reap benefits.
Mar 9th, 2015
Read more3-year US-Ireland research initiative to develop ultra-efficient electronic materials
A three-year US-Ireland collaborative scientific project aims to reduce power consumption and increase battery life in mobile devices. Researchers will explore new semiconducting materials in the miniaturisation of transistors which are essential to all portable devices.
Mar 9th, 2015
Read moreFreeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metals
If you put a camera in the ice machine and watched water turn into ice, the process would look simple. But the mechanism behind liquids turning to solids is actually quite complex, and understanding it better could improve design and production of metals.
Mar 8th, 2015
Read moreSqueezing out new science from material interfaces
By applying extreme pressure in a diamond anvil cell to metal films on diamond, researchers have now determined the physical process dominating this unexplained heat flow, which has implications for understanding and improving heat flow between any two materials.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreElectron spins controlled using sound waves
Applied physicists have demonstrated an unprecedented method of control over electron spins using extremely high-frequency sound waves.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreNew nanomaterials will boost renewable energy
Using carbon composites with a porous structure to increase surface area and nanotubes to enhance conductivity, research demonstrates that these nanomaterials are able to catalyse oxygen reduction as efficiently as the state-of-the-art non-precious metal catalysts - and with a longer stability.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreHeat in graphene propagates as a wave
Researchers have shed new light on the mechanisms of thermal conductivity in graphene and other two-dimensional materials. They have demonstrated that heat propagates in the form of a wave, just like sound in air.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreScientists capture nanoscale images of lithium dendrite structures degrading lithium-ion batteries
Researchers studied dendrite formation by using a miniature electrochemical cell that mimics the liquid conditions inside a lithium-ion battery. Placing the liquid cell in a scanning transmission electron microscope and applying voltage to the cell allowed the researchers to watch as lithium deposits grew into dendritic structures.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreMagnetic memory promises faster and more energy efficient information storage
A developing form of computer memory has the potential to store information more quickly and more cheaply, while using less energy, than what's used today by the semiconductor industry, NYU Physics Professor Andrew Kent concludes.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreTemperature behaves in strange and unexpected ways in graphene
A collaboration of physicists and chemists has discovered that temperature behaves in strange and unexpected ways in graphene, a material that has scientists sizzling with excitement about its potential for new technological devices ranging from computing to medicine.
Mar 6th, 2015
Read moreSimulations provide new insight into emerging nanoelectronic device (w/video)
Researchers have used an advanced model to simulate in unprecedented detail the workings of 'resistance-switching cells' that might replace conventional memory for electronics applications, with the potential to bring faster and higher capacity computer memory while consuming less energy.
Mar 6th, 2015
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