Nano-coating makes coaxial cables lighter
Common coaxial cables could be made 50 percent lighter with a new nanotube-based outer conductor.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreCommon coaxial cables could be made 50 percent lighter with a new nanotube-based outer conductor.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have developed a simplified approach to fabricating flat, ultra-thin optics. The new approach enables simple etching without the use of acids or hazardous chemical etching agents.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreResearchers report a simple system to make different nano-architectures with precision.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreScientists have built a flexible nanogenerator out of cellulose, an abundant natural material, that could potentially harvest energy from the body - its heartbeats, blood flow and other almost imperceptible but constant movements.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have reported results correlating the flake merging angle with grain boundary (GBs) properties, and proven that increasing the merging angle of GBs drastically improves the flow of electrons.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreA recent study reveals that the photovoltaic performance in organic solar cells can be influenced by fullerene stereomer, implies that the stereomeric effect should be envisaged if new fullerene derivative was designed as electron acceptor.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read morePlant, yeast, even mammalian cells could be engineered into living detectors of virtually any molecule of interest to improve environmental monitoring, metabolic production of pharmaceuticals, and more.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreDevelopment of effective new treatments for cancer, dementia, Parkinson's disease and other brain conditions is becoming possible from breakthrough discoveries being made in nanotechnology.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreResearcher demonstrated the first ever measurement of the temperature of electrons in a nanoelectronic device a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreResearchers at the forefront of a revolution in microwave photonics are bringing us the first all-purpose programmable optical chips.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreThe firm and secure fusion of different materials poses a major challenge, and researchers are working on ways to improve joining techniques - for example by laser surface treatments.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreWaves of charge scudding across gold surfaces are shown to create wakes that are readily manipulable.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreSeparating the electric and magnetic components of light scattered by silicon nanoparticles enables more precise control of light.
Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreResearchers show that by means of a novel magnetoresistive effect, it is now possible to study the spin transport properties in these materials without the need to fabricate complex devices and/or involve interfaces between different materials.
Jan 26th, 2016
Read moreSimple origami fold may hold the key to designing pop-up furniture, medical devices and scientific tools.
Jan 26th, 2016
Read moreTwo dimensional radioactive films are a new and exciting system to study nuclear decay at the atomic level with applications in a variety of fields ranging from medical imaging to cancer therapy. Before these films can be used in real-world application however, their behaviour and stability under ambient conditions has to be understood.
Jan 26th, 2016
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