Capturing waste heat via nanotubes
A finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat.
Apr 4th, 2016
Read moreA finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat.
Apr 4th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have overcome experimental challenges to demonstrate a new way for getting a full picture of twisted light: characterizing the Wigner distribution.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreProtein-gold nanoparticle hybrid assembles to carry anti-cancer drug, then disassembles for delivery.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreScientists have developed a new technique that enables for the first time the manufacture of complexly structured tiny objects joining together microspheres.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreFor the first time, researchers have demonstrated how to use commercial 3D printers to create a structure with active chemistry.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreThe world is run by catalysts. They clean up after cars, help make fertilizers, and could be the key to better hydrogen fuel. Now, a team of chemists has found a better way to make metal nanoframe catalysts.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreResearchers have introduced a new approach for making an all-weather solar cell that is triggered by both sunlight and raindrops.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreThis Budget Supplement documents progress of these participating agencies in addressing the goals and objectives of the NNI.
Apr 1st, 2016
Read moreResearchers have designed a high-performance nanowire photodetector with side-gated structure by combining ferroelectric materials and nanowires, and the as-fabricated device can be employed to reduce the dark current and increase the sensitivity of the photodetectors.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers have created reference samples that allow tip calibration with an uncertainty of less than 1 nm.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreNovel approach includes noninvasive light activation of gold nanoconstructs to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers have tracked how microscopic organisms called cyanobacteria make use of internal protein 'machines' to boost their ability to convert carbon dioxide into sugar during photosynthesis.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreScientists have determined that two-dimensional boron is a natural low-temperature superconductor. In fact, it may be the only 2-D material with such potential.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreUsing coherent X-rays, a new technique has been discovered for sensing motion and velocity of small groups of atoms. This advance gives an unprecedented, nanoscale view of disordered objects as they are being created - like the thin films used to make solar cells and LCD screens.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreScientists demonstrate a strong, non-contact heat transfer channel using light with performances that could lead to high efficiency electricity generation.
Mar 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers use Titan to understand new theories on the organization of human and animal cellular membranes.
Mar 31st, 2016
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