Month: September 2020

IMAGE: Schematics of the device, which consists of a graphene Josephson junction, which is integrated into a microwave circuit. view more  Credit: harvard-icfo-mit-bbntechnologies-nims Bolometers are devices that measure the power of incident electromagnetic radiation thru the heating of materials, which exhibit a temperature-electric resistance dependence. These instruments are among the most sensitive detectors so far used

IMAGE: Sevda Abadpour and Axel Diewald from KIT’s Institute of Radio Frequency Engineering and Electronics (IHE) place a chip onto a board. Components in the micrometer range have to be aligned… view more  Credit: Photo: Joachim Hebeler, KIT Radar systems have long been used on aircraft or ships. Now, they are increasingly applied in cars for

IMAGE: The multi-stack of CQDs of different size are built on top of a flexible plastic substrate that is later deposited onto a commercial visible LED to produce broadband IR light…. view more  Credit: ©ICFO Broadband light emission in the infrared has proven to be of paramount importance for a large range of applications that include

IMAGE: Illustration of a PEC model system with 20-nanometer gold nanoparticles attached to titanium dioxide. view more  Credit: Berkeley Lab In the search for clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels, one promising solution relies on photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells – water-splitting, artificial-photosynthesis devices that turn sunlight and water into solar fuels such as hydrogen. In just a

IMAGE: Near-field scanning microscope image of nanocircuits “written ” into a 2D device made of boron nitride and graphene. view more  Credit: Alex Zettl/Berkeley Lab An Innovative Pattern: Scientists Rewrite Rules for 2D Electronics By Theresa Duque A research team led by Alex Zettl, senior faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division and professor of

IMAGE: Researchers have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation. view more  Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from the Alferov University, Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering RAS and University

IMAGE: Similarities Emerging from Disorder: Disordered molecular structures of artificial light-harvesting complexes produce well-defined optical properties view more  Credit: Ilias Patmanidis and Misha Pchenitchnikov Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists from the University of Groningen found that individual light-harvesting nanotubes with disordered molecular structures still transport

IMAGE: Seamus Curran, a physics professor at the University of Houston, has developed a coating designed designed to be used on air filters, capable of capturing airborne virus particles and trapping… view more  Credit: University of Houston A physics professor from the University of Houston has developed a nanotech coating designed to allow air filters to

We know that DNA molecules express heredity through genetic information. However, in the past few years, scientists have discovered that DNA can conduct electrical currents. This makes it an interesting candidate for roles that nature did not intend for this molecule, such as smaller, faster and cheaper electric circuits in electronic devices, and to detect

IMAGE: An international team led by researchers at McMaster University has developed an artificial lung to support pre-term and other newborn babies in respiratory distress. view more  Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Sept. 29, 2020 — An international team led by current and former McMaster University researchers has developed an artificial lung to support pre-term and

Lack of uniformity is possibly the biggest challenge in today’s technology of memristor devices as it gives rise to problems like inconsistency, stochastic variability, and instability of the memory state. A uniform switching mechanism in memristors is something researchers have been looking in the last several decades. Now, an international team, led by the scientists

IMAGE: INRS Professor Mohamed Mohamedi, a specialist in electrochemistry and micro energy systems. view more  Credit: Christian Fleury The research team of INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) Professor Mohamed Mohamedi has designed a green membraneless fuel cell that uses oxygen from the air. The results of this innovative microfluidic application–a first in Canada–were published

IMAGE: From left to right: image of a healthy backbone (control); image of an injured backbone without an implant; image of an injured backbone in which the biocompatible nanomaterial has been… view more  Credit: Author: Pedro Ramos / CIC biomaGUNE Research conducted by two groups at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials CIC biomaGUNE and

A new study conducted by SISSA and the University of Trieste shows the efficacy of carbon nanotube implants to restore motor functions and paves the way for a new therapeutic approach for spinal cord injuries. Re-establishing motor skills and neuronal connectivity thanks to the implantation of carbon nanotubes in the injury site. This is the