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IMAGE: Nanostructur porous titanium oxide thin film (TiOx) deposited on the plastic (PI: polyimide) substrate. view more  Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – Many common household items and devices have a coating that improves performance. For example, the thin Teflon coating on cookware helps prevent food from sticking to the surface. However, it’s difficult to prepare–at

IMAGE: This illustration represents spin relaxation due to the coupling with lattice vibrations, as predicted from fully quantum-mechanical calculations. view more  Credit: Xinran Dongfang Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a theoretical foundation and new computational tools for predicting a material’s spin dynamics, a key property for building solid-state quantum computing platforms and other applications

Researchers from Monash University and the CSIRO have set a record for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) using technology that resembles a sponge filled with tiny magnets. Using a Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) nanocomposite that can be regenerated with remarkable speed and low energy cost, researchers have developed sponge-like technology that can capture carbon

IMAGE: The black and white phase microscope image above helped UCI researchers identify where the squid reflectin protein nanostructures were present in human cells (dark regions, with some indicated by white… view more  Credit: Atouli Chatterjee / UC Irvine, Calif., June 2, 2020 — Octopuses, squids and other sea creatures can perform a disappearing act by

A mutation unique to certain cancer tumors is a potential homing beacon for safely deploying CRISPR gene editing enzymes to disarm DNA that makes cancer cells resistant to treatment, while ignoring the gene in normal cells where it’s critical to healthy function, according to a new study from ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute in the journal

HOUSTON – (June 2, 2020) – Boron nitride nanotubes are anything but boring, according to Rice University scientists who have found a way to watch how they move in liquids. The researchers’ method to study the real-time dynamics of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) allowed them to confirm, for the first time, that Brownian motion of

IMAGE: Design concept of and fabrication procedures for the 3D scatterer view more  Credit: KAIST Researchers have developed a new easy-to-use smart optical film technology that allows smart window devices to autonomously switch between transparent and opaque states in response to the surrounding light conditions. The proposed 3D hybrid nanocomposite film with a highly periodic network

IMAGE: The structure of the molecular switch. view more  Credit: Dr Kunal Mali, KU Leuven Computer hard drives of the future could be made up of smart molecules. Researchers have discovered a single molecule ‘switch’ that can act like a transistor and offers the potential to store binary information – such as the 1s and 0s

IMAGE: Structure of stretchable color sheets and color change with stretching and contracting. view more  Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview A joint research team of Hayato Kumagai in the latter half of the doctoral course and Kazuhiro Takahashi, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering of

IMAGE: The NUS research team behind the novel electronic material is led by Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee (centre). With him are two team members: Mr Wang Guanxiang (left), who is holding… view more  Credit: National University of Singapore Imagine a flexible digital screen that heals itself when it cracks, or a light-emitting robot that locates survivors

IMAGE: Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor Christopher J. Kiely has been elected as a Fellow of the Microanalysis Society. view more  Credit: Lehigh University Christopher J. Kiely, the Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected as a

IMAGE: Graphene flakes are grown on silicon nanowires to achieve superior conductivity. view more  Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new technology that enhances scientists’ ability to communicate with neural cells using light. Tzahi Cohen-Karni, associate professor of biomedical engineering and materials science

Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers have demonstrated that the devices can be made swiftly in commercial facilities, with the same equipment used to manufacture the silicon-based transistors that are the backbone of today’s computing industry. Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors or CNFETs are more energy-efficient than silicon

IMAGE: Scientist works on Atomic Layer Deposition equipment view more  Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) approached the creation of a solid-state thin-film battery for miniature devices and sensors. The results of the study were published in the special issue dedicated to improved materials for lithium