A system that uses a laser and electrical current to precisely position and align carbon nanotubes represents a potential new tool for creating electronic devices out of the tiny fibers.
Apr 21st, 2016
Read morePhone calls and text messages reach you wherever you are because your phone has a unique identifying number that sets you apart from everybody else on the network. Researchers are using a similar principle to track cells being sorted on microfluidic chips.
Apr 21st, 2016
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Researchers have fabricated a transistor that operates at a record 38 gigahertz, though their simulations show it could be capable of operating at a mind-boggling 110 gigahertz.
Apr 21st, 2016
Read moreMost materials are capable of being only one thing at a time, but a team of engineers and physicists have created an entirely new material in which completely contradictory properties can coexist.
Apr 21st, 2016
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Researchers have invented nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require replacement.
Apr 21st, 2016
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Eliminates the need for an external light source for mid-infrared silicon photonic devices or photonic circuits.
Apr 20th, 2016
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The chaos typical of liquid molecules, and the ordering characteristics of crystals. There are states of matter connecting such contradictory features: liquid crystals. Thanks to an innovative application of antimatter, it has been demonstrated that the structures formed by certain molecules of liquid crystals must in fact be different than previously thought.
Apr 20th, 2016
Read moreCompression of experimental data reveals the presence of quantum correlations.
Apr 20th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new n-type semiconducting polymer with superior electron mobility and oxidative stability.
Apr 20th, 2016
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Scientists have devised a clever combination of materials - when used during the thin-film growth process - to reveal that particle atomic layer deposition, or p-ALD, deposits a uniform nanometer-thick shell on core particles regardless of core size, a discovery having significant impacts for many applications since most large scale powder production techniques form powder batches that are made up of a range of particles sizes.
Apr 20th, 2016
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Notable achievements from the ramp-up phase of the Graphene Flagship.
Apr 20th, 2016
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Silicon-based films that are useful for waveguides have been made at temperatures low enough to be compatible with standard manufacturing processes.
Apr 20th, 2016
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A frictionless drive system achieves stable nanometer positioning precision over an unprecedented distance.
Apr 20th, 2016
Read moreA $3 million grant to Northeastern University to establish the Advanced Nanomanufacturing Cluster for Smart Sensors and Materials, a consortium of private manufacturing companies and tier-one research universities working on new methods to create smart sensors and other revolutionary materials using nanoscale printing processes.
Apr 19th, 2016
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Instead of just setting it afire, thus ignoring the molecular complexity of this highly varied material, researchers say we should be harnessing the real value of that diversity and complex chemistry.
Apr 19th, 2016
Read moreBiological implants that communicate with the brain to control paralyzed limbs or provide vision to the blind are one step closer to reality.
Apr 19th, 2016
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