Electric and hybrid vehicles may soon travel further without recharging their supercapacitor (SC) cell packs. Scientists investigated materials to increase the energy density of SCs, the main obstacle to their widespread use.
Dec 13th, 2013
Read moreMolecular biologists working as part of an EU-funded project have successfully developed a nano-scale bioreactor that can be controlled by adjusting the external temperature. Thanks to their small size and large surface area, the device can act as a versatile tool for tackling key medical, chemical, biological and environmental challenges.
Dec 13th, 2013
Read moreAn EU-backed exchange programme is building future capacity in the field of biomolecular electronics through collaboration and training.
Dec 13th, 2013
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Researchers have been inspired by nature to develop an alternative catalyst. It consists of organic molecules as well as iron or manganese on a metallic substrate. These materials are less costly and more easily available than platinum.
Dec 13th, 2013
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A unique X-ray machine - the world's first high performance tool dedicated to the study of liquid surfaces - will take pride of place at the opening of a new research facility at The University of Nottingham's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre next week.
Dec 13th, 2013
Read moreA method for producing ultrashort pulses of intense light provides an important tool for studying the interaction between light and matter.
Dec 13th, 2013
Read moreThe polymer nanoparticles synthesized in the Biomaterials Unit will carry antimicrobial agents to the target site via inhalation. Their small size and specific physical characteristics makes them the perfect vehicle for this type of application.
Dec 13th, 2013
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Chemists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz manage to significantly develop the graphene synthesis. The industrial use of this wonder material is drawing nearer.
Dec 13th, 2013
Read moreScientists working on a nanotechnology initiative that involves more than two dozen government agencies say that tiny is poised to be the titan of future technologies.
Dec 13th, 2013
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Clemens Heitzinger, assistant professor of applied mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, has recently been awarded the prestigious START Prize by the Austrian Science Fund FWF.
Dec 13th, 2013
Read moreThe Center for Nano-Optics, a research center whose focus on the science of developing tools and instruments as small as 1,000 times thinner than a human hair could lead to major breakthroughs in technology and biomedicine, has been created at Georgia State University.
Dec 12th, 2013
Read moreComputer scientists have joined forces to put powerful probabilistic reasoning algorithms in the hands of bioengineers.
Dec 12th, 2013
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By using an ultrafast camera, scientists say they have observed the very first instants following the absorption of light into artificial yet organic nanostructures and found that charges not only formed rapidly but also separated very quickly over long distances - phenomena that occur due to the wavelike nature of electrons which are governed by fundamental laws of quantum mechanics.
Dec 12th, 2013
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A new type of transistor that could make possible fast and low-power computing devices for energy-constrained applications such as smart sensor networks, implantable medical electronics and ultra-mobile computing is feasible. Called a near broken-gap tunnel field effect transistor, the new device uses the quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons through an ultrathin energy barrier to provide high current at low voltage.
Dec 12th, 2013
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Networks of nanometer-scale machines offer exciting potential applications in medicine, industry, environmental protection and defense, but until now there's been one very small problem: the limited capability of nanoscale antennas fabricated from traditional metallic components.
Dec 12th, 2013
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The state of the art in photonics, phononics and phoXonics is discussed in a new open-access review led by scientists at Rice University.
Dec 12th, 2013
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