New Class of Topological Insulators is 1,000 Times More Energy-Efficient
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new class of topological insulators that use 1,000 times less…
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new class of topological insulators that use 1,000 times less…
Researchers from Purdue University have created superlattices from layers of metal titanium nitride and aluminum scandium nitride, bringing “hyperbolic metamaterials” closer to reality. West Lafayette,…
A new study details how scientists at the Swinburne Institute of Technology developed a micrometer thin film with record-breaking optical nonlinearity. Swinburne researchers have developed…
Researchers from the University of Illinois have developed nonliving, synthetic materials that can heal and regenerate in a way that is reminiscent of some living…
Researchers from the University of Houston have discovered a new high-efficiency thermoelectric material using a combination of magnesium, silver, and a small amount of nickel….
A team of researchers has discovered how to change the crystal structure of graphene, a finding that could lead to smaller and faster microprocessors. A…
Researchers at Rice University have developed a new flexible energy storage technology that delivers battery-like supercapacitor performance without the lithium found in commercial batteries. A…
A newly published study from researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology reveals how superlattices create molecular machines with hydrogen-bond “hinges” and moving “gears.” A…
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a process to make flexible carbon nanotube circuits more reliable and efficient, paving the way for digital devices that…
Researchers from the University of Michigan used an insulating barrier layer between two graphene sheets to develop the first graphene photodetectors with ultra-broadband and high…
Researchers have produced uniform antimony nanocrystals for the first time, taking a big step forward in the exploration of alternative energy storage. Researchers from Empa…
Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique for creating nanoalloys. Argonne, Illinois – Since the dawn of the Bronze Age, people…
A team of researchers has taken the excited states of two principally different materials and combined them into a new quantum mechanical state that shares…
Researchers have discovered the first known biological occurrence of a potentially new state of matter known as “disordered hyperuniformity” in the cells in a chicken’s…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered that the marine sponge Monorhaphis chuni forms a glass filament with a perfect periodic arrangement of nanopores…
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have combined cheap, oxide-based materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases using solar energy with a solar-to-hydrogen…
Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed graphene membrane water filters that offer precise and fast sieving of salts and organic molecules. Graphene has…
Using a microemulsion technique, researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses silicon nanoparticles clustered like pomegranate…