NASA has announced yet another delay for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), following the publication of a report from the Independent Review Board (IRB) set up to assess the progress of the project in the wake of multipl...
Jun 27, 2018
In the movie Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger hid from an alien's night vision system by covering himself in mud. He might have found things much easier, however, if he'd had access to a newly-developed thermal camouflage material... Contin...
Jun 27, 2018
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Advancements in Over-the-air Updating, Lane Changing Algorithms, Microwave-generating Silver Nanowires, OLED Lighting, Interference-free Radar, and Internet-connected Cars" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets....
Jun 27, 2018
The last 10 years have seen a surge in the use of tiny substances called nanomaterials in agrochemicals like pesticides and fungicides. The idea is to provide more disease protection and better yields...
Jun 27, 2018
UCLA’s design eliminates tradeoffs between bandwidth, sensitivity, and speed that are common in current technology. Using graphene, one
Jun 27, 2018
A collaboration has optimized the balance between the catalytic activity in hydrogen generation and stability of metal nanoparticles coated with different numbers of graphene layers. The team found that coating the catalyst nanoparticles with thre...
Jun 27, 2018
Recent research has investigated the effect of hierarchical Bi2MoO6 nanosheet arrays on the performance of Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and found that it improves the cycle stability and capacity and is expected to be used in portable electronic device...
Jun 27, 2018
Nanoscale knowledge of the relationships between water, friction and mineral chemistry could lead to a better understanding of earthquake dynamics, researchers said in a new study. Engineers used microscopic friction measurements to confirm that, ...
Jun 27, 2018
An ultrathin cloaking material has been developed that can hide hot objects, such as human bodies and military vehicles, from IR cameras. The new “stealth sheet” is <1 m thick and absorbs approximately 94 percent of the IR light it encounters, ...
Jun 27, 2018
A Rice University-led team will conduct further development and field testing of a desalination technology that uses nanoparticles and sunlight to treat water, with help from a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). The technolo...
Jun 27, 2018
