Scientists have now shown for the first time that graphene can actually convert electronic signals with frequencies in the gigahertz range - which correspond to today's clock rates - extremely efficiently into signals with several times highe...
Sep 10, 2018
Scientists have now shown for the first time that graphene can actually convert electronic signals with frequencies in the gigahertz range - which correspond to today's clock rates - extremely efficiently into signals with several times highe...
Sep 10, 2018
A 2011 invention made by Aalto University's researchers has proceeded from concept to reality. Just a few years ago the researchers obtained the record efficiency of 22% in the lab for nanostructured solar cells using atomic layer deposition...
Sep 10, 2018
Scientists have developed a photoelectrode that can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer between gold layers, converting light energy 11 times more efficiently than previous methods.
Sep 10, 2018
Inside most materials, little is moving. But a new "active nanocomposite" is teeming with motion: small particles connect or separate, thus changing the color of the entire material. It was made by scientists of the Leibniz Institute for...
Sep 10, 2018
Scientists have developed a photoelectrode that can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer between gold layers, converting light energy 11 times more efficiently than previous methods.
Sep 10, 2018
One in five mobile phone users in the UK have cracked their screen by dropping the phone in a three year period, according to a YouGov poll. The mobile screens break easily because they are usually made from an oxide material which allows the touc...
Sep 10, 2018
The blood-brain barrier is an effective shield for our most vital of organs, and while that's great when it comes to infection, it's not so helpful when you're trying to get drugs in there. Recent research has found that nas...
Sep 10, 2018
Engineers have developed a new tool to model how magnetic materials, which are used in smartphones and other communications devices, interact with incoming radio signals that carry data. It accurately predicts these interactions down to the nanome...
Sep 10, 2018
Remember the suspenseful scene in a Mission: Impossible movie when Tom Cruise sneaks into a vault? He had to make
Sep 10, 2018
