A second defect network, anticorrelated with a previously known network of ordered excess oxygen atoms, is shown to improve the high temperature copper oxide superconductors.
Sep 11th, 2012
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Researchers have developed a technique for the self-assembly of one-dimensional (1D) metal atom chains on silicon using organic molecules as a template.
Sep 11th, 2012
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In cooperation with his research group at the University of Kyoto and his partners in Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Osamu Tabata, microengineer and External Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is working on the development of a new generation of micromachines based on folded DNA molecules that is smaller, more intelligent and better than the previous generation.
Sep 11th, 2012
Read moreResearchers developed a simple yet efficient method for the synthesis of noble metal-based alloy nanoparticles on different types of substrates.
Sep 11th, 2012
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Three new centers to address significant national needs: health and environmental monitoring, mobile computing and energy technologies, and electromagnetic components.
Sep 11th, 2012
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Researchers have reported a new method for the lithography-free etching of complex surface motifs with the use of biodegradable polymers and enzymes. Starting with structured microchannels, they have built an assembly for the isolation and concentration of cells from whole blood.
Sep 10th, 2012
Read moreScientists find a recirculation pathway of polymeric micelles using multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy.
Sep 10th, 2012
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As a laser material, Germanium together with Silicon could form the basis for innovative computer chips in which information would be transferred partially in the form of light. This technology would revolutionise data streaming within chips and give a boost to the performance of electronics.
Sep 10th, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have made an important advance in this frontier of photonics, fashioning the first all-optical photonic switch out of cadmium sulfide nanowires. Moreover, they combined these photonic switches into a logic gate, a fundamental component of computer chips that process information.
Sep 10th, 2012
Read moreScientists from the University of Aberdeen's Marine Biodiscovery Centre and the University of St Andrews presented their work on the components of a new type of computer chip created using molecules from a sea squirt sourced from the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef.
Sep 10th, 2012
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Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene, a hybrid material with competitive properties.
Sep 10th, 2012
Read moreResearchers develop nano-strips for inexpensive testing of mercury levels in our lakes and oceans with unprecedented sensitivity.
Sep 9th, 2012
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A new process holds promise for improving the production and capabilities of the infrared light emitting diode, or LED, for use in technologies ranging from communications to night vision devices used by the military.
Sep 9th, 2012
Read moreA new report from the National Research Council finds that the foundation of science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is strong, but the agency needs to continue to address numerous present and future challenges to maintain its science leadership and meet its expanding mandates.
Sep 9th, 2012
Read moreResearchers succeeded in increasing the efficiency of solar cells by modifying optical properties of titanium dioxide layers coated on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass.
Sep 8th, 2012
Read moreThe National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) will hold a webinar on September 20 to provide an open forum to answer questions and hear suggestions related to the National Nanotechnology Initiative's (NNI) public website, Nano.gov
Sep 7th, 2012
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