Better memristors for brain-like computing
Neurone-like junctions made of mixed oxide-based materials could reduce the massive energy consumption of artificial intelligence operations.
Mar 8th, 2022
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Researchers design charged 'power suits' for electric vehicles and spacecraft (w/video)
The lightweight, supercapacitor-battery hybrid composite material provides power and is as strong as steel.
Mar 7th, 2022
Read moreA sieve for molecules
Researchers demonstrate that a layer of two-dimensional silicon dioxide can be used as a sieve for molecules and ions.
Mar 7th, 2022
Read moreUltrathin e-skin pressure sensor made with Mxene, MOF and nanofiber films
Researchers fabricated a high-performance, flexible pressure sensor by sandwiching a conductive MXene/ZIF-67/PAN film between PDMS and copper electrodes.
Mar 7th, 2022
Read moreAnchoring strategy helps to set new record of efficient ideal bandgap perovskite solar cells
Researchers report a novel solution to to tackle bimetallic traps in high-efficiency perovskite solar cells by applying an anchoring strategy.
Mar 5th, 2022
Read moreSingle nanopore sequencing test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to days
A single DNA test has been developed that can screen a patient's genome for over 50 genetic neurological and neuromuscular diseases such as Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophies and fragile X syndrome.
Mar 5th, 2022
Read moreBreaking down how single-atom catalysts help remove organic pollutants
Scientists have discovered key clues behind the workings of single-atom catalysts based on iron-pyridine sites in a carbon matrix.
Mar 5th, 2022
Read moreAtom by atom: building precise smaller nanoparticles with templates
Researchers have developed a cost-effective method for creating these quasi-sub-nanomaterials. This method involves forming multiple metallo- or organo-complexes on dendron units to create supramolecular structures that can be reduced to quasi-sub-nanoparticles with the desired number of atoms.
Mar 4th, 2022
Read moreControlling the nonequilibrium optical response of graphene
Researchers show that the relaxation time of graphene charge carriers can be significantly modified by applying an external electrical field.
Mar 4th, 2022
Read moreForm-free metasurfaces enable novel and intelligent optical illusion
Researchers propose an intelligent optical illusion enabled by a single layer of form-free metasurfaces instead of a conventional bulky metamaterial slab.
Mar 4th, 2022
Read moreExpanded alphabet, precise sequencing make DNA the next data storage solution
Adding seven new letters to DNA's molecular alphabet and developing a precise readout method enabled researchers to transform the double helix into a robust, sustainable data storage platform fit for the Information Age.
Mar 4th, 2022
Read moreWaves on circular paths
Magnetic excitations for information transfer without heat loss.
Mar 3rd, 2022
Read moreTriboelectric nanogenerator device made from recycled waste
Wearable devices could soon be entirely made of recycled waste materials - and powered by human movement, thanks to a new energy-harvesting device.
Mar 3rd, 2022
Read moreCould DNA nanodevices be used to treat cancer?
A team of chemists and biologists developed a tiny device made out of DNA intended to locate tumor cells and force them to reveal themselves to patrolling immune cells.
Mar 3rd, 2022
Read moreSlightly twisted 2D semiconductors display room-temperature ferroelectricity
A team of researchers has demonstrated that slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) display room-temperature ferroelectricity.
Mar 3rd, 2022
Read moreNanomodulators of light on optical micro-probes to study the brain
Researchers have developed nanometric light modulators that, fabricated on a micrometric optical fiber, make the fiber capable of studying neuronal tissue in deep regions of the brain.
Mar 3rd, 2022
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