Topological insulators are new materials with special electronic properties and are of great fundamental and applications-oriented interest. Nevertheless, physicists have wrestled with a ten-year-old puzzle in which the results from the two best methods to probe their electronic states disagree. Researchers now know exactly why.
Nov 21st, 2017
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A new research project is developing a new test method to detect malaria parasites in blood.
Nov 21st, 2017
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Researchers achieve light amplification with electrically stimulated quantum dots, critical step towards solution-processible laser diodes.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Researchers have shown how to write any magnetic pattern desired onto nanowires, which could help computers mimic how the brain processes information.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Interdisciplinary research team wins NSF support for next-generation surface analysis.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Researchers have suggested a new solar cell coating that combines features of an electrode and those of a light-trapping structure. The coating enabled them to cut down on reflected light and avoid solar cell overheating, thus increasing its overall efficiency by 20%.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Electronic devices such as computers generate heat that mostly goes to waste. Physicists have found a way to use this energy: They apply the heat to generate magnetic signals known as 'spin currents'.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Scientists calculate flat boron capable of visible plasmon emissions.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Novel approach utilizes high mobility two-dimensional electron gas, boosting thermoelectric conversion efficiency.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Scientists have taken a big step toward creating a diode laser from a hybrid organic-inorganic material that can be deposited from solution on a laboratory benchtop.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Gold nanoparticles could help make drugs act more quickly and effectively.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Researchers aim to improve fundamental understanding of how to control interaction of light and engineered materials.
Nov 20th, 2017
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Researchers use new technique to reveal quantum intricacies of molecule creation.
Nov 20th, 2017
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A discovery by an international team of researchers points the way to more widespread use of an advanced technology generally known as organic electronics.
Nov 18th, 2017
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This paper presents reduction of crosstalk and noise in CNT bundle interconnects. Researchers propose the use of small diameter semiconducting CNTs as electromagnetic interference shields for CNT bundle interconnects.
Nov 17th, 2017
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Researchers demonstrate, for the first time, strain-free van der Waals epitaxy of the elemental semiconductor germanium grown on mica, which has implications ranging from faster integrated circuits to high-efficiency solar cells.
Nov 17th, 2017
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