Month: November 2019

MIT researchers have improved on a transparent, conductive coating material, producing a tenfold gain in its electrical conductivity. When incorporated into a type of high-efficiency solar cell, the material increased the cell’s efficiency and stability. The new findings are reported in the journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT postdoc Meysam Heydari Gharahcheshmeh, professors

DURHAM, N.C. — A new cancer-detecting tool uses tiny circuits made of DNA to identify cancer cells by the molecular signatures on their surface. Duke University researchers fashioned the simple circuits from interacting strands of synthetic DNA that are tens of thousands of times finer than a human hair. Unlike the circuits in a computer,

IMAGE: TEM images of raw carbon soot grown on kaolin sized paper showing (a) roped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) helically wrapped by a SWCNT, and large SWCNTs, (b) collapsed, (c) folded,… view more  Credit: Rice University A research collaboration between Rice University and the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University has found that old

Smaller, faster, more energy-efficient – this is the goal that developers of electronic devices have been working towards for years. In order to be able to miniaturize individual components of mobile phones or computers for example, magnetic waves are currently regarded as promising alternatives to conventional data transmission functioning by means of electric currents. The

IMAGE: Christopher J. Kiely, the Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected as a… view more  Credit: Lehigh University Christopher J. Kiely, the Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College

IMAGE: The Clearpath Husky, used as a research platform, is used to develop and test underlying autonomy to support context-driven AI that supports effective bidirectional communication. view more  Credit: (ARL Photo) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Nov. 21, 2019) -An Army-led research team developed new algorithms and filled in knowledge gaps about how robots contribute to teams

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Nov. 21, 2019) — An Army-funded project may boost 5G and mm-Wave technologies, improving military communications and sensing equipment. Carbonics, Inc., partnered with the University of Southern California to develop a carbon nanotube technology that, for the first time, achieved speeds exceeding 100GHz in radio frequency applications. The milestone eclipses the

IMAGE: Nanomaterials will be key components for enabling wearable technology, according to an international team of researchers whose comprehensive report on the future of the field was published in science this… view more  Credit: Drexel University The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. But it all

IMAGE: Illustration of controlled rotation of boron nitride (BN) layers above and below a graphene layer introduce coexisting moiré superlattices, which change size, symmetry, and complexity as a function of angle…. view more  Credit: Nathan Finney and Sanghoon Chae/Columbia Engineering New York, NY–November 21, 2019–A recent study from the labs of James Hone (mechanical engineering) and

IMAGE: This is the crystal structure of the molecular motor V1 (topview). view more  Credit: Institute for Molecular Science Humans, one day, may be able to produce their own electrical energy in the same way electric eels do, according to a research team based in Japan. It’s the ultimate goal that begins with understanding precisely how

IMAGE: Dutch artist M.C. Escher’s most famous drawing, ;Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell)’, shows angels and demons in a tessellation that fills a circle without empty spaces. This masterful… view more  Credit: PRL Politecnico di Milano Dutch artist M.C. Escher’s most famous drawing, “Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell)”, shows angels and demons in a

IMAGE: A schematic diagram of formation and measurement of molecular junctions of oligofluorenes. Oligofluorene molecular wires can be synthesized with high efficiency and high purity, and can be easily incorporated into… view more  Credit: Bingrun Chen In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a group of researchers from the Shenyang Jianzhu

In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from Harbin Institute of Technology, China have systematically discussed the recent progresses, current challenges and future perspectives of smart graphene-based nanoplatforms for synergistic tumor therapy and bio-imaging. Due to metastasis and drug resistance of the tumor, malignant tumors are still difficult to

IMAGE: Magnetic bubbles, i.e. places with the same magnetization, are formed on “triangular ” islands (green arrows) between holes in the magnonic crystal. Researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the… view more  Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Even faster processors with even smaller dimensions? Wherever neither electronics nor spintronics can cope with performance or miniaturization,

The ability to conceive and develop new types of materials has determined the development of humanity from the stone, bronze and iron ages to our current world, dominated by electronic materials and semiconductors (silicon, etc.). The DYNAPOL project will explore new routes to design new types of artificial materials for various technological applications. Giovanni Maria

IMAGE: Quantitative phase images reveal more details than classical microscopy images. The KAUST technique captures both bright-field images (top) and phase images (bottom) in a single measurement. view more  Credit: © 2019 KAUST Microscopes have been at the center of many of the most important advances in biology for many centuries. Now, KAUST researchers have shown

An international group of scientists with IKBFU professor Anatoliy Snigirev among them has published an article that proposes a new method for studying the structure of complexly organized materials of both artificial and natural origin. The article was published by the Journal of Applied Crystallography. Prof. Anatoliy Snigirev said: “After the discovery of x-ray radiation,

IMAGE: An optical network including the electro-opto-mechanical switches: Depending on the voltage, the switches either deflect a light beam by 90 degrees (front left) or let it pass through the waveguide… view more  Credit: Haffner C, et al 2019 Self-driving cars have become better and more reliable in recent years. Before they might be allowed to

IMAGE: A concentric array of liquid crystal microlenses provides 4D information about objects. Scale bar, 20 μm. view more  Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07104 Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. Increasingly, 3D imaging technologies are providing the crucial context of depth for scientific and medical applications. 4D