Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that a specific class of oxide membranes can confine, or 'squeeze', infrared light - a finding that holds promise for next generation infrared imaging technologies.
Jun 10th, 2024
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Scientists have successfully miniaturized a powerful erbium-based biber laser on a silicon-nitride photonic chip. Since typical erbium-based fiber lasers are large and difficult to scale down, the breakthrough promises major advances in optical communications and sensing technologies.
Jun 10th, 2024
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Researchers uncover a new phenomenon where light exposure in nested carbon and boron nitride nanotubes allows unique electron pathways, promising fast optical devices and heat dissipation.
Jun 7th, 2024
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This breakthrough offers new design strategies beyond conventional materials, with promising implications for thermal management and camouflage technologies.
Jun 7th, 2024
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Researchers develop nanoparticles to combat fibrosis by modifying harmful cells without disturbing healthy ones, offering new hope for treating lung and skin fibrosis.
Jun 7th, 2024
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Wearable devices with portable infrared microspectrometers provide real-time air quality monitoring, detecting multiple harmful gases for enhanced personal health control.
Jun 7th, 2024
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New camera chip design allows for optimizing each pixel's timing to maximize signal to noise ratio when tracking real-time visual indicator of neural voltage.
Jun 7th, 2024
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Researchers have developed a fatigue-free ferroelectric material using sliding ferroelectricity, overcoming performance degradation and demonstrating superior endurance.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Developing transparent particles and imaging their positions, researchers shed light on never-before-seen interiors of crystalline structures.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Researchers have used theoretical and computational approaches to discover how tiny, lone atoms of bismuth embedded within solid calcium oxide can act as qubits - the building blocks of quantum computers and quantum communication devices.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Engineers have created a method to create layered perovskite nanowires that exhibit a wide range of unusual optical properties beyond conventional perovskites.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Exhibiting memory and counting properties, the device can intelligently respond to various stimulus sequences without the need for additional electronic components.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Advanced technologies enable the controlled release of medicine to specific cells in the body. Scientists argue these same technologies must be applied to agriculture if growers are to meet increasing global food demands.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team of researchers is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Due to the complex structures of microporous crystals known as MOFs, reliable simulations of their properties have been difficult until now. Machine learning provides the solution.
Jun 6th, 2024
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Rresearchers have developed a better method for designing auxetic materials. The advance could help create a new generation of auxetic products from better sneaker insoles to blast-resilient buildings.
Jun 5th, 2024
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