Thermoelectric systems are a green and sustainable way to harvest energy from any form of heat that otherwise would be wasted. At the core of this energy conversion process is the so-called Seebeck effect, which describes the voltage building up o...
Apr 30, 2024
By exploiting a smart learning algorithm that fuses two microscopy signals, University of Michigan researchers have accomplished high-resolution, efficient 3D chemical imaging for the first time at the one-nanometer scale.
Apr 30, 2024
In the world of wearable technology, the ultimate goal has been to seamlessly integrate electronic functionality into the fabrics we wear every day. Today, we see a range of devices that hint at this potential, from smartwatches that track our fit...
Apr 30, 2024
In order to better understand fundamental processes in life science at the molecular level, the precise observation of single molecule dynamics is of utmost interest. However, current techniques based on fluorescence measurements in aqueous soluti...
Apr 30, 2024
A team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has drawn inspiration from a wide variety of natural geometric motifs – including those of 12-sided dice and potato chips – in order to extend a set of well-known design principl...
Apr 30, 2024
Counterfeiting of important documents like passports poses a serious and growing global security threat. Despite the use of various anti-counterfeiting technologies such as specialized inks, holograms and watermarks, the increasing sophistication ...
Apr 30, 2024
Advanced Graphene Development (AMD) has announced two significant contract extensions with its US Government customers.
Apr 28, 2024
A collaborative research team from NIMS and Tokyo University of Science has successfully developed an artificial intelligence (AI) device that executes brain-like information processing through few-molecule reservoir computing. This innovation uti...
Apr 26, 2024
Traditional memory devices are volatile and the current non-volatile ones rely on either ferromagnetic or ferroelectric materials for data storage. In ferromagnetic devices, data is written or stored by aligning magnetic moments, while in ferroele...
Apr 26, 2024
Self-assembling molecules that spontaneously organize themselves to form complex structures are common in nature. For example, the tough outer layer of insects, called the cuticle, is rich in proteins that can self-assemble.
Apr 26, 2024
