Graphene Balloon Yields Unprecedented Images of Hydrated Molecules
By using a “graphene balloon,” researchers from Michigan Tech and the University of Illinois-Chicago found a way to make electron microscopes friendlier to biological samples….
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New 3D Graphene Material – An Inexpensive Replacement for Platinum in Solar Cells
A team of researchers has developed a 3D graphene material with a honeycomb-like structure that can replace the platinum in dye-sensitized solar cells without degrading…
Researchers Develop Transistors without Semiconductors
By placing nanometer sized quantum dots of gold across on the tops of the boron nitride nanotubes, researchers at Michigan Tech created a quantum-tunneling device…
Inexpensive Skin Patch Warns When It’s Time to Get Out of the Sun
A biomedical engineering design team from Michigan Tech has developed an inexpensive skin patch that warns the wearer when it’s time to get out of…
A New Kind of Invisibility Cloak Demonstrates Better Cloaking Efficiency
Using a new kind of cloak that uses a very thin multilayer dielectric coating made of natural material, not metamaterial, researchers at Michigan Technological University…
Increasing Solar Cell Efficiency with Graphene
In an effort to increase solar cell efficiency, scientists at Michigan Technological University are working on a cost effective method that adds graphene to titanium…