In a paper published May 3 in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Washington, the US Naval Research Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced that they can use extremely high pressure and temperature to intr...
May 3, 2019
Thorlabs will acquire Columbia, S.C.-based Cirtemo LLC, including its two unique technologies, multivariate optical elements for spectroscopic chemical analysis, and nanopatterning tools used to “3D print” photolithography masks using nanoparticle...
May 2, 2019
Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering the direction of its electric field.
May 2, 2019
Nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applications.
May 2, 2019
For emerging wearable tech to advance, it needs improved power sources. Now researchers have provided a potential solution via crumpled carbon nanotube forests, or CNT forests.
May 2, 2019
Researchers developed a highly stretchable supercapacitors for powering wearable electronics. The newly developed supercapacitor has demonstrated solid performance and stability, even when it is stretched to 800% of its original size for thousands...
May 2, 2019
Researchers at KAIST doped nitrogen and boron into graphene to selectively raise peroxidase-like activity and were successful in synthesizing a peroxidase-mimicking nanozyme with a cost-effective and...
May 2, 2019
When you read about electrifying art, "electrifying" isn't usually a verb. But an artist working with a Rice University lab is in fact making artwork that can deliver a jolt.
May 2, 2019
Quantum information platforms are based on qubits that talk to each other and photons (optical and microwave) are the carrier of choice—to date, to transfer quantum states between qubits. However, in some solid-state systems, acoustic vibrational ...
May 2, 2019
Graphene is harder than a diamond, lighter than aluminum, tougher than steel, and more elastic than rubber. These are just a few properties of this wonder material that serves as an excellent...
May 2, 2019
