Scientists pioneer new generation of semiconductor neutron detector
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Whether you are trying to detect a possible radiation signature from a suspicious package or vehicle, ...
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Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial and sunlight
Two INRS teams join forces and develop a new ecological process to degrade atrazineCredit: My Ali El Khakani, INRS Québec, ...
US HUPO honors OU researcher with New Investigator Award
Credit: The University of Oklahoma NORMAN, OKLA. - University of Oklahoma researcher Si Wu has been selected as a winner ...
New neutron detector can fit in your pocket
Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detectorCredit: Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory EVANSTON, Ill. -- Homeland Security might soon have a ...
Researchers gain control over internal structure of self-assembled composite materials
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Composites made from self-assembling inorganic materials are valued for their unique strength ...
Reinventing the computer: Brain-inspired computing for a post-Moore’s Law era
As Moore's Law comes to an end with a limit to the number of transistors that fit on a chip, ...
A new ‘cool’ blue
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03255 Throughout history, people have sought vibrant blue pigments. The Egyptians and Babylonians ...
WPI professor Bruce Bursten honored by ACS for service in field of inorganic chemistry
American Chemical Society selects Bursten for annual awardCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - January 15, 2020 - Bruce Bursten, ...
The mysterious movement of water molecules
Credit: © Tamtögl Water is a mysterious substance. Understanding how it behaves at the atomic level is still a challenge ...
Hot OLEDs can ‘switch back’
Credit: Anton Kirch, Axel Fischer, Matthias Liero, Jurgen Fuhrmann, Annegret Glitzky, Sebastian Reineke It is well-known that LEDs and transistors ...
New computational screening approach identifies potential solid-state electrolytes
High-throughput computational screening for solid-state Li-ion conductorsCredit: @Leonid Kahle, EPFL Replacing the volatile and flammable liquid or polymer electrolytes now ...
Diabolical points in coupled active cavities with quantum emitters
Credit: Jingnan Yang, Chenjiang Qian, Xin Xie, Kai Peng, Shiyao Wu, Feilong Song, Sibai Sun, Jianchen Dang, by Yang Yu, ...
Bacteria and sand engineered into living concrete
Credit: College of Engineering and Applied Science at Colorado University Boulder Cement and concrete haven't changed much as technology in ...
Building materials come alive with help from bacteria
Credit: CU Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to ...
Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner
Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum ...
Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far
Rice engineers find overabundance of intentional defects can cause battery cathodes to failCredit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
University of Ottawa tool to democratize nanopore research
Credit: T.-Cossa Lab, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa A nanopore is a tiny hole in a thin membrane with ...
Robotic gripping mechanism mimics how sea anemones catch prey
The doughnut-shaped, plastic rubber device crimps its skin to latch onto anything from cloth to beakers filled with liquid.Credit: Weifeng ...
Hydrogen alarm for remote hydrogen leak detection
Credit: Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic Research School of Chemistry and ...
Opening up DNA to delete disease
Custom-built molecules enable editing of genes previously obscured by DNA's innately protective structureCredit: Illustration by Karmella Haynes WASHINGTON, D.C., January ...
