Fabric, the next software
New center for development of high-tech fibers and fabrics opens its headquarters, unveils two products ready for commercialization.
Jun 19th, 2017
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Toward optical quantum computing
Prototype device enables photon-photon interactions at room temperature.
Jun 19th, 2017
Read moreCalifornia court revokes US EPA approval of nanosilver product
A federal appeals court in California has revoked the Environmental Protection Agency's conditional approval of a nanosilver product used in a wide range of consumer products.
Jun 19th, 2017
Read moreUsing sunlight to the max with MXenes
Researchers have found compounds of transition metals and carbon, known as a MXenes, that can efficiently evaporate water using power supplied by the sun.
Jun 18th, 2017
Read moreSynthetic nano-bio architecture for nanocatalytic photon-to-hydrogen conversion
Researchers demonstrate that a minimalistic cell-free strategy for production of artificial transmembrane protein complexes can be employed as a chassis for the construction of functional bionanoarchitectures capable of catalyzing photon-energy-to-hydrogen transformation.
Jun 17th, 2017
Read moreNew prospects for universal memory - high speed of RAM and the capacity of flash
Researchers have found a way to control oxygen concentration in tantalum oxide films produced by atomic layer deposition. These thin films could be the basis for creating new forms of nonvolatile memory.
Jun 17th, 2017
Read moreHow close are we to a real Star Trek-style medical tricorder? (w/video)
Two teams were recently awarded the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize for developing handheld devices that can diagnose a range of diseases and check a patient's vital signs without invasive tests - inspired by Star Trek's medical 'tricorder' device.
Jun 16th, 2017
Read moreResearchers send DNA on sequential, and consequential, building mission
A team of scientists has developed a method to create structures whose building blocks are a millionth of a meter in size by encoding DNA with assembly instructions.
Jun 16th, 2017
Read moreBacteria free themselves with nano-spearguns
Many bacteria are armed with nano-spearguns, which they use to combat unwelcome competitors or knockout host cells.
Jun 16th, 2017
Read morePiezoelectric nanogenerators for self-powered flexible sensors
Researchers have demonstrated a high performance flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator based on a piezoelectrically enhanced nanocomposite micropillar array of BaTiO3 nanoparticles embedded into a highly crystalline polymer for efficient energy harvesting and highly sensitive self-powered sensing.
Jun 16th, 2017
Read moreA skyrmion square dance
Applying a magnetic field can switch a grid of magnetic vortices between triangular and square arrangements.
Jun 16th, 2017
Read moreNanostructures explain why jewel scarab beetles look like pure gold
The secrets of why central-American jewel scarab beetles look like they are made from pure gold, has been uncovered by physicists.
Jun 16th, 2017
Read moreElectrolytes made from liquefied gas enable batteries to run at ultra-low temperatures
Engineers have developed a breakthrough in electrolyte chemistry that enables lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance - in comparison, today's lithium-ion batteries stop working at -20 degrees Celsius.
Jun 15th, 2017
Read moreInterplay of light and matter - A 'perfect' attosecond experiment
Using what is known as an attosecond experiment, physicists have managed to completely measure and describe the quantum-mechanical wave function of an ionized electron.
Jun 15th, 2017
Read moreGrant focuses on 'hydrogen sponge' for use in fuel-cell vehicles
Finding practical hydrogen storage technologies for vehicles powered by fuel cells is the focus of a $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Jun 15th, 2017
Read moreSeeking out new functions for superconducting nanoelectronics
Researchers have discovered that a two-dimensional semiconductor with a broken inversion symmetry demonstrates rectification, or the property of a diode, under a magnetic field applied in a certain direction.
Jun 15th, 2017
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