Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor particles only a few nanometers across that, thanks to their small size, exhibit peculiar optical and electronic properties due to quantum mechanics. With existing...
Jun 26, 2021
Scientists have organized proteins--nature's most versatile building blocks--in desired 2-D and 3-D ordered arrays while maintaining their structural stability and biological activity. They built thes...
Jun 26, 2021
To make computer chips, technologists around the world rely on atomic layer deposition (ALD), which can create films as fine as one atom thick. Businesses commonly use ALD to make semiconductor device...
Jun 26, 2021
Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research have demonstrated that commercially available devices known as electro-optical modulators can be used to read the ...
Jun 26, 2021
Engineers at Caltech, MIT, and ETH Zürich have developed a nano-architected material made from tiny carbon struts that
Jun 26, 2021
Extremely low-density graphene-based aerogel ‘meringue’ can improve passenger comfort and reduce noise up to 80%. An incredibly light new material that can reduce aircraft engine noise and improve passenger comfort has been developed at the Univer...
Jun 26, 2021
A new electrode that could free up 20% more light from organic light-emitting diodes has been developed. It could help extend the battery life of smartphones and laptops, or make next-gen televisions and displays much more energy efficient.
Jun 25, 2021
A new electrode that could free up 20% more light from organic light-emitting diodes has been developed at the University of Michigan. It could help extend the battery life of smartphones and laptops, or make next-gen televisions and displays much...
Jun 25, 2021
It took 13 years and one billion dollars to sequence the human genome, an enormous scientific undertaking that launched a new era of medicine. With today's advances in sequencing technology, that same task would have only taken about a day at...
Jun 25, 2021
Research led by Kent and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has resulted in the discovery of a new rare topological superconductor, LaPt3P. This discovery may be of... The post Rare Superconductor Discovered – May Be Critical for the Future ...
Jun 25, 2021
