Soft contact lenses eyed as new solutions to monitor ocular diseases
Credit: Purdue University/Chi Hwan Lee WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New contact lens technology to help diagnose and monitor medical conditions ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Huge potential for electronic textiles made with new cellulose thread
A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, now presents a thread made of conductive cellulose, which offers ...
UD joins Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance
Collaboration to help advance quantum revolutionCredit: Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase The University of Delaware has joined the Mid-Atlantic Quantum ...
A liquid crystal walks into an optical resonator: new Skoltech research helps model future optoelect
Credit: Timur Sabirov/Skoltech Researchers at Skoltech and their colleagues proposed a photonic device from two optical resonators with liquid crystals ...
New high-performance computing cluster greatly enhances fusion research at PPPL
Credit: Dorland photo by Alison Harbaugh; Stellar photos by Kevin Abbey, PICSciE; Collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Stellar, ...
Recyclable bioplastic membrane to clear oil spills from water
Credit: Chongnan Ye, University of Groningen Polymer scientists from the University of Groningen and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, ...
Solid-state batteries could be made more cleanly by scaling-up flash sintering
Credit: University of Warwick Flash sintering is a ceramic processing technique which uses electric current to intensively heat the ceramic ...
Breaking the warp barrier for faster-than-light travel
Astrophysicist at Göttingen University discovers new theoretical hyper-fast soliton solutionsCredit: E Lentz If travel to distant stars within an individual's ...
Irradiating COVID-19 cough droplets with UV-C lamps
Using supercomputer numerical modeling of saliva droplets' diffusion produced by coughs, researchers in Italy explore deactivating COVID-19 virus particles via ...
Determining the structure of a molecule with laser-induced electron diffraction
Credit: ©ICFO Light microscopes have revolutionized our understanding of the microcosmos, but their resolution is limited to about 100 nanometers. ...
Innovative flat optics will usher the next technological revolution and will touch all of us
Credit: by Andrea Fratalocchi In a new paper published in Light Science & Application, the group led by Professor Andrea ...
Combined technique using diamond probes for nanoscale imaging of magnetic vortex structure
Magnetometry exploiting color center defects in diamond probes and magneto-optic imaging found to complement each other; progress towards the creation ...
Injectable porous scaffolds promote better, quicker healing after spinal cord injuries
Hydrogel scaffolds with regularly spaced pores encourage spinal cords cells to grow, improve regeneration of nerve cells.Credit: Seidlits et al. ...
Microchips of the future: Suitable insulators are still missing
Until now, hexagonal boron nitride was considered the insulator of choice for miniaturized transistors -- new investigations by TU Wien ...
Microwave-assisted recording technology promises high-density hard disk performance
Flux control effect in microwave-assisted magnetic recording exploited to improve the recording field in hard disksCredit: Hirofumi Suto WASHINGTON, March ...
Direct observation of coherence energy scale of Hund’s metal
Credit: POSTECH Strongly correlated systems are materials that exhibit strong interactions between electrons, a property unseen in ordinary conductors or ...
ACS Nano special edition highlights innovations at KAIST
The collective intelligence and technological innovation of KAIST was highlighted with case studies including the Post-COVID-19 New Deal R&D Initiative ...
The aurora’s very high altitude booster
Credit: ERG science center A critical ingredient for auroras exists much higher in space than previously thought, according to new ...
Low-voltage, low-power pressure sensors for monitoring health
Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) - Recent advances in technology have opened many possibilities for using wearable and implantable sensors ...
Lights on for silicon photonics
The demonstration of electroluminescence at terahertz frequencies from a silicon-germanium device marks a key step towards the long-sought goal of ...