IMAGE: The graphene nanoribbon (center) consists of a single layer of honeycomb carbon atoms. The ribbon is only a few carbon atoms wide and has different electrical properties depending on its… view more Credit: Copyright: Jan-Philip Joost, AG Bonitz New materials are needed to further reduce the size of electronic components and thus make devices such
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IMAGE: Organic transistors based on single crystals of rubrene, a hydrocarbon, can roughly double the speed of electricity flowing through them when a crystal is slightly bent (strained). This useful behavior… view more Credit: Vitaly Podzorov/Rutgers University-New Brunswick p>Slightly bending semiconductors made of organic materials can roughly double the speed of electricity flowing through them and
Star Wars: The Clone Wars isn’t the first animated series set in the galaxy far, far away but it’s certainly one of the franchise’s most important. The show, which ran on Cartoon Network from 2008 to 2013 and then on Netflix in 2014, expands the stories of the Prequel era as well as the lore of the
This article consists of nothing but Shazam! spoilers. We have a spoiler free review of the film here. Shazam! marks the first time the character has come to the big screen as a big budget movie (1941’s The Adventures of Captain Marvel was a serial, not a feature film). The movie is based heavily on one
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is out now, and word on the street says the game is doing well: its early sales on PC have surpassed the launch numbers of both Star Wars Battlefront games that EA has released, which can only be a good sign. There’s been no official announcement of a sequel, but
IMAGE: Artistic representation of the strategy adopted in the work. Antibodies, by binding to antigen-conjugated DNA tiles, induce the assembly of tubular nanoscale structures. view more Credit: Ella Marushchenko What if we could use antibodies as functional tools for nanotechnology applications? A group of researchers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata started from this simple
Even before they had the movie rights to Cain Marko, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been an unstoppable juggernaut. The movies have been making all the money in the world, but Marvel is so rich in characters and concepts that they’ve begun to encompass the TV and streaming worlds, as well. We’re at a point
A Ms. Marvel TV series is coming to streaming service Disney+, based on the Hugo-award winning and critically acclaimed comic book series of the same name. The first Muslim superhero to headline her own series for Marvel, Ms. Marvel has already made it to the small screen as part of the Marvel Rising animated series, but
Sony is preparing to unveil its next-generation console. The PlayStation 5, as it it’s officially called, will be Sony’s latest foray into gaming after dominating the current generation of consoles with the PS4. The real question is how the new console will perform against its immediate competitor, Xbox Scarlett, Microsoft’s own next-gen machine, which boasts powerful
IMAGE: The book consists of 20 chapters including the four written by Professor Kim and covers the history, development, synthesis, and physiochemical properties of cucurbiturils, as well as their applications in… view more Credit: Kimoon Kim (POSTECH) By invitation from the Royal Society of Chemistry, POSTECH professor Kimoon Kim (Director, IBS Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity)
IMAGE: Hans Zappe, Harry Levinson to lead SPIE Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS view more Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and Cardiff, UK — Two new co-editors-in-chief will take the helm of the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3) starting 1 January, 2020. Harry Levinson, a consultant at HJL Lithography, and Hans Zappe, the
IMAGE: Understanding roughness at such microscopic levels allowed researchers to understand the mechanics of how soft surfaces adhere to them. view more Credit: University of Akron College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering PITTSBURGH (Dec. 2, 2019) — Tires gripping the road. Nonslip shoes preventing falls. A hand picking up a pen. A gecko climbing a
IMAGE: A green lower-energy laser light goes through silicon quantum dots, which the silicon quantum dots re-emit, or upconvert, into a higher-energy blue light. view more Credit: Lorenzo Mangolini & Ming Lee Tang/UC Riverside Materials scientists at the University of California, Riverside and The University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated that it is possible to
IMAGE: Desorption of water isotopomers (H2O, HDO and D2O) from surfaces of isotope-mixed ice with various H/D compositions. view more Credit: NINS/IMS The physicochemical and biological properties of hydrogen-bonded systems are significantly affected by nuclear quantum effects including zero-point energies of vibrational modes, proton delocalization, and tunneling effect. These originate from the extremely low nuclear mass
IMAGE: Silicon nanocrystals are formed by a silane gas in a plasma process. view more Credit: Lorenzo Mangolini/UC Riverside A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon–the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules–in a breakthrough
IMAGE: Future magnon torque based devices such as this could allow for faster electronic gadgets that require less power and do not overheat. view more Credit: National University of Singapore Modern computer memory encodes information by switching magnetic bits within devices. Now, a ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
IMAGE: This is an illustration of aligned metallic carbon nanotubes in the team’s thermoelectric device. A temperature gradient causes an electrical current to flow. view more Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used aligned “metallic” carbon nanotubes to create a device which converts heat to electrical energy (a thermoelectric
My Hero Academia is one of the more popular anime to emerge in recent years. With three seasons and a feature film under its belt, the series’ Season 4 hits the ground running in 2019 for what’s to be another year of excitement. Young Izuku Midoriya and his fellow classmates at U.A. High continue to
This article contains Watchmen spoilers. Watchmen episode 7, “An Almost Religious Awe,” is the hour where the remaining big questions finally start getting answered. And in the case of its last scene, it may even answer a question that you might not even realize had been asked in the first place. But from its first
Xbox head Phil Spencer has indicated that Microsoft and the Xbox team have no plans on incorporating VR as they prepare for the release of Xbox Scarlett. “I have some issues with VR,” said Spencer in an interview with Stevivor. “It’s isolating and I think of games as a communal, kind of together experience. We’re
It’s that time of the year again—white snow, slow roasted turkey, and plenty of holiday-themed movies and TV specials being cycled non-stop on your television screen. In the spirit of the holiday season, we’ve compiled a nifty, long list of these movies and TV specials to make sure that you don’t miss any of them!
Release Date: November 19, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), PCDeveloper: Ys NetPublisher: Deep SilverGenre: Action-adventure What Yu Suzuki and his teams at Ys Net and Neilo have endeavored to do with Shenmue III is simple: create a new entry in the long-beloved series and stay faithful to the original games. Problem is, the original games are LONG-beloved.
This Power Rangers Beast Morphers review contains spoilers. Power Rangers Beast Morphers Episode 20 Power Rangers Beast Morphers has finally figured out how to make Ben and Betty work properly. It may sound strange to start off a review of such a dramatic episode discussing the comedic side characters but it demonstrates why ‘Target Tower’ stands head and shoulders
This article is sponsored by Walmart. The holiday season is the perfect time to build your first or next gaming PC. With excellent deals and discounts, you can get all the components you need for just a fraction of the price. From cases and motherboards to processors and beefy graphics cards, Den of Geek has
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