Researchers Pinpoint the Source of a Mysterious Magnetism
In a newly published study, researchers from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory proved that the magnetism in the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructure comes from the titanium atom. Scientists…
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New Wavelength Detector Could Improve Data Communications
In a new study, SLAC and Stanford scientists detail a new three-layer solid-state device can directly identify the wavelength of light that hits it. Researchers…
Hydrogel Improves Lithium-Ion Battery Performance
By coating electrodes made of silicon with a conducting polymer hydrogel, researchers developed a new technique to significantly improve the charge storage capacity of lithium-ion…
Printing Innovation Improves Organic Semiconductor Efficiency 10-Fold
Using a new printing process called FLUENCE (fluid-enhanced crystal engineering), researchers have developed highly aligned single-crystalline organic semiconductor thin films that are capable of conducting…
CVD Graphene With Large Grains Is As Strong as Exfoliated Graphene
A new study from Columbia Engineering researchers reports on the strength of large-area graphene films grown using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), correcting the mistaken consensus…
New Material Can Be Molded into Highly Conductive 3D Structures
A new resin material that can be molded into highly conductive 3D structures shows potential for making customized electrodes for fuel cells, batteries and biosensor…
Improving Magnetic Memory by Controlling Spin Orientation
Researchers look to improve magnetic memory by controlling spin orientation in magnetic nanodisks. Research at the Advanced Light Source promises four-bit magnetic cells instead of…
New Fabric Works Like Human Skin, Drains Sweat
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new fabric that works like human skin, forming excess sweat into droplets that drain away by themselves. Waterproof…
Iron-Platinum Alloy Retains Information at Nanomagnet Sizes
An international team of researchers used a method called atomic-scale multilayer sputtering to create iron-platinum alloys with an ordered crystal structure that could be used…
Researchers Develop First Fully Integrated Nanosystem for Artificial Photosynthesis
Researchers at the Berkeley Lab have developed the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis. In the wake of the sobering news that atmospheric carbon…
Synthetic Silicate Nanoplatelets Stimulate Stem Cells Into Bone Cells
New research shows that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can stimulate stem cells into bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors. Researchers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham…
Organic Photovoltaics Potentially As Inexpensive as Paint
Researchers at the University at Buffalo are working on the development of organic photovoltaics that use polymers and small molecules that are carbon-based and can…
Thermal Cloak Molds the Flow of Heat Around an Object
Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have constructed a micro-structured thermal cloak that molds the flow of heat around an object. By means of…
New Metamaterial Doubles the Range of Light That Can Be Manipulated
By designing a broadband metamaterial that more than doubles the range of wavelengths of light that can be manipulated, Stanford scientists have taken an important…
Combining Graphene and TMDC Could Lead to the Next Generation of Solar Cells
Using graphene with monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC), scientists from the University of Manchester and National University of Singapore developed extremely sensitive and efficient…
Scientists Control Chirality in Carbon Nanotubes
A team of researchers has managed to control chirality in carbon nanotubes, achieving an epitaxial formation of Co nanoparticles by reducing a well-developed solid solution…
Researchers Increase the Stiffness of Silicone Liquid Crystal by 90 Percent
In a newly published study, researchers from Rice University report that the liquid crystal phase of silicone becomes 90 percent stiffer when silicone is subjected…
Electrospinning Technique Yields Simultaneously Strong and Tough Nanofibers
Using a technique called electrospinning, researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have developed an exceptionally thin polyacrylonitrile nanofiber that is both strong and tough. University…