Nanomaterials might just prove the key to the next wave of planetary rovers. NASA has poured $2 million into a Goddard Space Flight Center team developing 3D-printed sensors whose nanomaterials make them tiny, ultra-sensitive and resista...
Feb 17, 2019
Picosun Group, a leading supplier of ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for global industries, reports unprecedented results in high reliability electronics protection with ALD.
Feb 16, 2019
UCLA researchers and collaborators at eight other research institutions have created an extremely light, very durable ceramic aerogel. The material could be used for applications like insulating space...
Feb 16, 2019
Debbie Leung, a fellow in CIFAR's Quantum Information Science program and a faculty member at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing, will discuss the challenges of scaling quantum computing at the AAAS meeting on F...
Feb 16, 2019
Scientists have developed dozens of new graphene-based prototypes. These technologies aim to turn mobile phones into life saving devices.
Feb 15, 2019
The so-called opioid epidemic which recently developed in the United States and Canada has put pressure on researchers
Feb 15, 2019
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered a means of controlling the surface conductivity of a three-dimensional (3-D) topological insulator, a type of material that has potential applications in spintronic...
Feb 15, 2019
New ultralight hexagonal boron nitride material could be used in extreme-temperature applications such as spacecraft The post Superinsulating aerogel resists mechanical and thermal shocks appeared first on Physics World.
Feb 15, 2019
Metallic nanoparticles have been used as glass colorants since the Roman Empire. One of the most famous pieces of pottery from the period is the Lycurgus cup. The nanoparticles embedded in this cup have an optical peculiarity, presenting different...
Feb 15, 2019
Chemotherapy drugs are effective at killing cancer cells – but unfortunately, they're also pretty good at killing healthy cells. Making these drugs more selective for tumors is a key area of research, and now a team at ETH Zurich has ...
Feb 15, 2019
