Researchers report that a fabrication technique may offer a path toward mastering the often chaotic flow of heat carriers at the nanoscale in silicon and other semiconductors.
Jun 22, 2020
Finding ways to manage the flow of heat in silicon could boost the performance of semiconductors, but, so far, discovering the right design has remained elusive. Now, a team of Penn State researchers report that a fabrication technique may offer a...
Jun 22, 2020
Company Nanox, in collaboration with universities, has developed a fabric with silver microparticles on its surface capable of inactivating the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory tests in which it eliminated 99.9% of the virus after two minutes of con...
Jun 22, 2020
A new symmetry-broken parent state has been discovered in twisted bilayer graphene.
Jun 22, 2020
In collaboration with various universities, Nanox has designed a fabric with silver microparticles incorporated on its surface and featuring the ability to disable the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory...
Jun 22, 2020
Human life relies on exceptional arrays of biochemical reactions. Thus, gaining insights into the functions of biomolecules necessitates real-time tracking of such reactions.
Jun 22, 2020
New platform could be used to investigate high-temperature superconductivity and correlated quantum phases The post ‘Magic-angle’ graphene doubles up appeared first on Physics World.
Jun 22, 2020
An international scientific team has demonstrated that twistronics — the science of layering and twisting 2D materials to control their electrical properties — can be used to manipulate the flow of light in extreme ways. The findings could help dr...
Jun 22, 2020
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered catalyst that can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons, a group of synthetic materials that includes persistent environmental pollutants.
Jun 22, 2020
As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at UMass Amherst and colleagues in China. But little was know...
Jun 22, 2020
