Extremely energy-efficient artificial intelligence is now closer to reality after researchers found a way to improve the accuracy of a brain-inspired computing system.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Using a material widely adopted by photonics researchers, researchers have created the smallest electro-optical modulator yet. The modulator is a key component of a photonics-based chip, controlling how light moves through its circuits.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Chemists have successfully tied a series of microscopic knots using individual molecules for the first time, ushering in the advent of a form of nano-scale weaving which could create a new generation of advanced materials.
Aug 27th, 2020
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By mixing electronic resonances in semiconductor nanostructures with the photon field of microresonators, researchers designed a stained mirror that bleaches more easily than ever and could make terahertz lasers ultrafast.
Aug 27th, 2020
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The materials belong to the class of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs for short, and could open up new opportunities for energy storage.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Scientists have equipped these humble unicellular organisms with semiconductor coatings to create mini power plants, which supply biofuels and are photocatalytically active in sunlight.
Aug 27th, 2020
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The BIOMAP process uses microparticles of varying sizes. The particles are applied to a surface, covering it and form-fitting all the crevices, gaps and patterns through the autonomous processes of self-filtration, capillary pressure and evaporation.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Technique may promote practical use of high-performance magnetoresistive devices comprising half-metallic heusler alloys.
Aug 27th, 2020
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New spectroscopic technique for studying nanostructures demonstrates that stibnite nanodots can act as high-optical-quality waveguides and are promising candidates as photoswitchable materials for future applications.
Aug 26th, 2020
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The study found that flexibility, as well as density, in the bone nanostructure is an important factor in assessing how likely someone is to suffer fractures.
Aug 26th, 2020
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Researchers create portable lab-on-a-chip that could detect many contaminants.
Aug 26th, 2020
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Gold nanoparticles can be better catalysts if their atoms are packed differently from the conventional arrangement. This alternate inner structure leads to different inherent properties.
Aug 26th, 2020
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Researchers have developed the world's first afterglow-magnetic nanoparticles. The patented invention is designed for various applications including cancer detection in medicine and the detection of fine particulates in living organisms.
Aug 26th, 2020
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Researchers have created a machine-learning algorithm that can characterise graphene properties and quality within 14 minutes.
Aug 26th, 2020
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Researchers developed a novel, integrated approach to track energy-transporting ions within an ultra-thin material, which could unlock its energy storage potential leading toward faster charging, longer-lasting devices.
Aug 25th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a precise method to measure the ultrafast change of a magnetic state in materials. They do this by observing the emission of terahertz radiation that necessarily accompanies such a magnetization change.
Aug 25th, 2020
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