The Matiss experiment will investigate antibacterial properties of new materials in a zero-gravity environment to see if they can improve and simplify cleaning inside spacecraft.
Nov 15th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a portable and wearable terahertz scanning device made using arrays of carbon nanotubes, for non-invasive inspection of three-dimensional objects without requiring bulky peripheral optical components.
Nov 15th, 2016
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Material created using very high heat yielded record power output density.
Nov 15th, 2016
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Scientists work on the basics of new light sources from organic semiconductors.
Nov 15th, 2016
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New research demonstrates the highest plasmon energy ever observed in graphene plasmons and brings graphene into the regime of telecommunication applications.
Nov 14th, 2016
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A team of mechanical engineers has successfully used acoustic waves to move fluids through small channels at the nanoscale. The breakthrough is a first step toward the manufacturing of small, portable devices that could be used for drug discovery and microrobotics applications.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Scientists have just published their results on the interaction of water with a metal oxide, TiO2.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes in Back to the Future Part II inspired a scientist who has developed filaments that harvest and store the sun's energy - and can be woven into textiles.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Scientists have developed a new cancer drug that uses gold nanoparticlesnto deliver paclitaxel - a commonly used chemotherapy drug directly to a tumor.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Shave discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical devices is more brittle than they expected.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Scientists have revealed breakthrough evidence that large molecules made of nickel and chromium could store and process information in the same way bytes do for everyday digital computers.
Nov 14th, 2016
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Researchers are developing new diffractive optical elements (DOEs) that can be printed on to small, thin substrates.
Nov 13th, 2016
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Using the strange properties of tiny particles of gold, researchers have concentrated light down smaller than a single atom, letting them look at individual chemical bonds inside molecules, and opening up new ways to study light and matter.
Nov 11th, 2016
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A team of Italian scientists have built on previous work in this field using pectin with a high degree of methylation as the medium to create a new architecture of hybrid device with a double-layered polyelectrolyte that alone drives memristive behavior.
Nov 11th, 2016
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Scientists demonstrate a design of GaN-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that provides good electrical conductivity and is readily grown.
Nov 11th, 2016
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