To technology insiders, graphene is a certified big deal. The one-atom thick carbon-based material elicits rhapsodic descriptions as the strongest, thinnest…
This striking result was published today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology by an international group of scientists working at the London Centre for…
Traditional plastics, or polymers, are electrical insulators. In the seventies a new class of polymers that conduct electricity like semiconductors and metals…
The Information Age will get a major upgrade with the arrival of quantum processors many times faster and more powerful than today’s supercomputers. For the…
“Silver is commonly used as a coupon, so it's important to understand what controls its corrosion rate,” explains Gerald Frankel, director of the Fontana…
Major industries such as modern microelectronics are based on the interaction between matter and electromagnetism. Electromagnetic signals can be processed and…
That potential is now possible according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, who have developed computational models…
Spontaneous bursts of light from a solid block illuminate the unusual way interacting quantum particles behave when they are driven far from equilibrium. The…
Nanoscopic thermal and magnetic field detectors – which can be inserted into living cells – could enhance our understanding of everything from chemical…
The replicas possess natural adhesion properties inherited from the spiky pollen particles while gaining magnetic behavior, allowing for tailored adhesion to…
For all the promise of graphene as a material for next-generation electronics and quantum computing, scientists still don't know enough about this…
A single layer of tin atoms could be the world’s first material to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at the temperatures that computer chips…
Taek-Soo Kim, Jung-Yong Lee, Jang Wook Choi and colleagues explain that electronic textiles have the potential to integrate smartphone functions into clothes,…
The ever-increasing market for portable electronic devices such as laptops, cell phones and MP3 players has resulted in an equally heavy demand for secondary…
Ferroelectric materials are known for their ability to spontaneously switch polarization when an electric field is applied. Using a scanning probe microscope,…
Spider webs are made from a fascinating material. The eight-legged critters produce it in the silk glands on their abdomen from special proteins, which are…
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