Researchers have demonstrated ultrafast and highly sensitive gas sensors using platinum selenide. This material - a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) - has promising potential in different areas of nanoelectronics, including optoelectonics as well as sensing.
Jan 12th, 2017
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A team of scientists spent two years studying and organizing all of the most significant experimental and theoretical findings in the field of bilayer graphene. As a result, they published a review citing roughly 450 scientific papers on bilayer graphene and related subjects.
Jan 12th, 2017
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BrainCom project proposes a radically new electrocorticography technology taking advantage of unique mechanical and electrical properties of novel nanomaterials such as graphene, 2D materials and organic semiconductors.
Jan 12th, 2017
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Understanding exoskeletons could lead to new, improved artificial materials.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Physicists have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible, below the so-called 'quantum limit'.
Jan 11th, 2017
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New study validates hypothesis that atomic defects are essential to catalytic reactivity; could help make chemical processes greener by decreasing energy use and preventing formation of hazardous products.
Jan 11th, 2017
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In the future, it will be possible to carry out tests of new drugs on bacteria much more efficiently using microfluidic devices, since each of the hundreds and thousands of droplets moving through the microchannels can act as separate incubators.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Measurement shows potential for building better solar cells by imaging fundamental properties of the material.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Researchers have identified a unique 'breathprint' for each disease. Using this information, they have designed a device that screens breath samples to classify and diagnose several types of diseases.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Researchers have proposed and experimentally realized a method for characterizing a quantum state by directly measuring its complex probability amplitudes in a particular basis using so-called weak values.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Molecular insight into protein net charge may explain and help solve the harmful build-up of organisms in the marine environment.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Rapid and cheap on-the-spot diagnoses for diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer are a step closer thanks to a new modular valve for microfluidic chips.
Jan 11th, 2017
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Bioengineers are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biopolymer nanocomposite materials for biodegradable shopping bags, as a 'green' alternative to oil-based plastic, and as a new food packaging material to extend product shelf life.
Jan 10th, 2017
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While exploring the behavior of fluids at the nanoscale, a group of researchers discovered a peculiar state of fluid mixtures contained in microscopic channels.
Jan 10th, 2017
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A new design for a fully biocompatible motility engine transports colloidal particles faster than diffusion with active filaments.
Jan 10th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated the high-performance potential of an experimental transistor made of a semiconductor called beta gallium oxide, which could bring new ultra-efficient switches for applications such as the power grid, military ships and aircraft.
Jan 10th, 2017
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