Kinetic inductors, twistronics, alternative laser eye surgery, "massless" batteries and graphene flake black hole holograms prove convincing contenders for the 2018 breakthrough of the year The post 2018 Breakthrough of the Year: Anna De...
Dec 7, 2018
Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process informatio...
Dec 7, 2018
Spider silk is one of the toughest fibres in nature and has astounding properties. Scientists from the University of Würzburg discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fibre protein.
Dec 7, 2018
NUS scientists have discovered that the light emission properties of molecularly thin two-dimensional (2-D) hybrid perovskite can be tuned in a highly reversible way for ultrathin optoelectronic applications. A highly efficient photodetector has b...
Dec 7, 2018
The main trend in the development of hardware components for digital and analog electronic equipment is to reduce the size of the active regions of diode and transistor structures. This can be achieved by improving the performance characteristics ...
Dec 7, 2018
How many nanometers should catalyst nanoparticles be to optimize the course of the reaction? Researchers usually look for the answer through laborious, repetitive tests. At the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in W...
Dec 7, 2018
Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process informatio...
Dec 7, 2018
Scientists have discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fibre protein.
Dec 7, 2018
Spider silk belongs to the toughest fibres in nature and has astounding properties. Scientists from the University of Würzburg discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fibre protein.
Dec 7, 2018
Research teams from UNSW are investigating multiple pathways to scale up atom-based computing architectures using spin-orbit coupling -- advancing towards their goal of building a silicon-based quantum computer in Australia.
Dec 7, 2018