Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to observe how radiation damages ...

Sound of the future: A new analog to quantum computing

University of Arizona engineers are using soundwaves to search through big data with more stability and easeCredit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch ...

DGIST achieves the highest efficiency of flexible CZTSSe thin-film solar cell

Credit: DGIST DGIST announced on Tuesday, September 10 that Dr. Jin-Kyu Kang's research team in Division of Energy Technology achieved ...

Nano bulb lights novel path

Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light sourceCredit: The Naik Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 19, 2019) - What ...

Shape-shifting robots built from smarticles could navigate Army operations

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A U.S. Army project took a new approach to developing ...

Shedding light on dark matter

UD computer scientist co-leads $1 million project to identify and localize dark-matter particlesCredit: Photo courtesy the XENON collaboration Dark matter ...

Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum

Credit: Allison Carter Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented ...

Stevens team closes in on ‘holy grail’ of room temperature quantum computing chips

Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiencyCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology To process information, photons must interact. However, these ...

Deep dive for dark matter may aid all of data science

National Science Foundation backs Rice-led effort to create science-aware artificial intelligenceCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 18, 2019) -- ...

DNA ‘origami’ takes flight in emerging field of nano machines

Nanoscale devices open new era in biomedical research and materials scienceCredit: Emory University Just as the steam engine set the ...

New hunt for dark matter

Brain-computer interfaces without the mess

Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02019 It sounds like science fiction: controlling electronic devices with brain waves. But ...

Argonne harnesses virtual power to address the most complex challenges in nuclear science

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Designing a new type of nuclear reactor is a complicated endeavor requiring billions of dollars and ...

New lithium battery design could mean lighter, safer batteries for Soldiers

Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Less expensive, lighter and safer batteries are a vital need ...

Over 14% efficiency for ternary organic solar cell with 300 nm thick active layer

Credit: ©Science China Press Organic solar cells (OSCs) have drawn great attention due to their advantages of making large area ...

Artificial intelligence probes dark matter in the universe

Credit: ETH Zurich Understanding the how our universe came to be what it is today and what will be its ...

Scientists develop DNA microcapsules with built-in ion channels

Credit: Masahiro Takinoue of Tokyo Institute of Technology A Research group led by Tokyo Tech reports a way of constructing ...

Modifying the structure to meet the demands

Credit: ©Science China Press Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are robust crystalline porous polymer with predictable structural composition and functions. The ...

Tensile strength of carbon nanotubes depends on their chiral structures

Toward realization of lightweight and high strength structural materialsCredit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Single-walled carbon nanotubes should theoretically be ...

Microbe from New Jersey wetlands chomps PFAS