Nanoscale changes to industrial coatings can make them stronger, more environmentally friendly and better biosecurity barriers to block marine pest invasions of ports and coastlines. Mats Andersson...
Dec 17, 2020
Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of our lives -- but first, researchers need a fast, efficient source of the entangled pairs of photons such systems use to transmit and manipulate informa...
Dec 17, 2020
An international team of researchers has developed a new nanomaterial from the silk produced by the Tetranychus lintearius mite. This nanomaterial has the ability to penetrate human cells without damaging them and, therefore, has "promising b...
Dec 17, 2020
Osaka University scientists devise a system for measuring the quality of nanofibrillation for wood pulp using its natural optical birefringence. This work may lead to clear definition and sophisticated utilization of wooden cellulose nanofibers.
Dec 17, 2020
Purdue University innovators are working on technologies to make it easier to cut metals. The researchers found, using organic monolayer films created by molecular self-assembly, that the molecule chain length and its adsorption to the metal surfa...
Dec 17, 2020
Quantum computers have already managed to surpass ordinary computers in solving certain tasks - unfortunately, totally useless ones. The next milestone is to get them to do useful things. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, h...
Dec 17, 2020
Nonlinear optical conversion – i.e. the process by which an incident light beam of a certain wavelength turns into rays of different wavelengths, due to its interaction with the material it...
Dec 16, 2020
Counterfeiters who sell knockoffs of popular shoes, handbags and other items are becoming increasingly sophisticated, forcing manufacturers to find new technologies to stay one step ahead. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed tiny...
Dec 16, 2020
Aledia, a French startup pioneering a disruptive technology for microLED displays, today announced it has manufactured the worlds first microLED chips produced on 300mm (12) silicon wafers. The comp...
Dec 16, 2020
You have to look closely, but the hills are alive with the force of van der Walls.
Dec 16, 2020
