Revealing the microscopic mechanisms in perovskite solar cells
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- A material with the perovskite crystal structure has become very popular for solar cells. While most perovskites are inorganic...
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Spintronic technology advances with newly designed magnetic tunnel junctions
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- For the last two decades, magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have played a central role in spintronic devices such as...
A new model for capillary rise in nano-channels offers insights into fracking
Credit: Anqi Shen, Yikun Liu, Xiaohui Qiu, Yongjun Lu and Shuang Liang WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- In the last decades, hydraulic fracturing or...
What’s the best way to cook pasta? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 -- Pasta noodles contain only three ingredients: eggs, water and flour. But how can you achieve...
AML study correlates gene mutations with 34 disease subgroups
Columbus, Ohio - A large, new study of adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) correlates 80 cancer-related gene mutations with five subtypes of AML, which...
Sussex Drug Discovery Centre & ReViral reach clinical trial with lung virus treatment
A collaboration between scientists at one of the UK's leading University drug discovery centres and the UK based biotech company ReViral has led to the...
Looking for signs of the Big Bang in the desert
Credit: iStock The silence of an immense desolate land in which to search for reverberations coming from the time at which everything began. The Simons...
NASA’s hybrid computer enables Raven’s autonomous rendezvous capability
Credit: Credits: NASA A hybrid computing system developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the enabling technology behind an ambitious experiment...
Spray painting biomaterials onto heart promotes cardiac repair after myocardial infarction
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2017--Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a minimally invasive method to form a regenerative...
New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale scientists have developed an ultra-thin coating material that has the potential to extend the life and improve...
Electrons used to control ultrashort laser pulses
We may soon get better insight into the microcosm and the world of electrons. Researchers at Lund University and Louisiana State University have developed a...
New approach uses ultrasound to measure fluid in the lungs
A team of engineering and medical researchers has found a way to use ultrasound to monitor fluid levels in the lung, offering a noninvasive way...
Better learning through zinc?
Zinc is a vital micronutrient involved in many cellular processes: For example, in learning and memory processes, it plays a role that is not yet...
Breaking the supermassive black hole speed limit
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 21, 2017--A new computer simulation helps explain the existence of puzzling supermassive black holes observed...
Astronomers hazard a ride in a ‘drifting carousel’ to understand pulsating stars
Credit: Image credit: MWA Project / Curtin University What sounds like a stomach-turning ride at an amusement park might hold the key to unravelling the...
