The research groups' development of an inexpensive, readily available plastic solar cell technology hit a wall because of a chemical leeching problem within…
New intense sources of radiation at national facilities in Chicago, New York, and Tennessee coupled with the next generation of sensitive detectors are…
But to Jiaxing Huang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and his research group at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied…
Cornell University researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be…
The research teams have developed a highly sophisticated concept of interactive clothing whereby the body’s physical and emotional state triggers the transfer…
In a development that could lead to novel carbon composites and touch-screen displays, researchers from Rice University and the Technion-Israel Institute of…
The Berkeley Lab chemist leads a diverse team of scientists whose goal is to quickly discover materials that can efficiently strip carbon dioxide from a power…
Scientists from four U.S. universities have created a way to use Rice University's light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures…
Graphane is the material of choice for physicists on the cutting edge of materials science, and Rice University researchers are right there with the pack – and…
Silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is the ideal semiconductor material for power electronics. For instance, efficient power converters for electric vehicles or…
The inspiration – and model – for the paint‘s structure comes from nature: The scales of fast-swimming sharks have evolved in a manner that significantly…
A University of Florida engineering researcher has crafted a nickel-sized imaging device that uses organic light-emitting diode technology similar to that…
Rice University researchers and their colleagues in Finland and Hungary have found a way to make carbon nanotube membranes that could find wide application as…
A group of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has engineered a type of artificial optical material—a…
While these nanostructures have electrical and other properties that make them attractive to use as artificial neural bundles in prosthetic devices, the…
“We’ve taken a sensor material called vanadium oxide and integrated it with a silicon chip,” says Dr. Jay Narayan, the John C. Fan Distinguished Chair…
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