Scientists have long known that diamond is the best material for conducting heat, but it has drawbacks: It is costly and is an electrical insulator; when…
For an example, you need look no further than your smartphone – the geolocation function works less well inside buildings where radiofrequency waves scatter in…
Physicists, chemists, and materials scientists have been probing the nature of layered magnetic materials for several decades, searching for clues to the…
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are beginning to take the electronics world by storm, and now their use in terahertz (THz) technologies has taken a big step forward.
Light and other electromagnetic waves play a crucial role in almost all modern electronics, for example in our mobile phones. In recent years researchers have…
These fundamental results, published in the journal Nature Communications, enable a better understanding and description of the processes occurring at the…
Until now, scientists in the graphene research community have assumed that graphene assembled film cannot have higher thermal conductivity than graphite film….
Xiao Huang and co-workers, who were devoted to the development for the synthesis of 2D nanomaterial-based hybrids and their applications in sensing and…
The term alloy usually refers to a mixture of several metals. However, other materials can also be alloyed. In the semiconductor industry, for instance, oxide…
One of the leading challenges for autonomous vehicles is to ensure that they can detect and sense objects–even through dense fog. Compared to the current…
Joint research efforts of a team of scientists at Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN) comprising chemists, physicists and engineers are currently…
“This bottom-up approach to device fabrication will push the boundaries of additive manufacturing like never before. Using a unique integrated design approach,…
With the pressure chamber of the LZH, a water depth of 6,500 meters can be simulated with a pressure of up to 650 bar.
Developing alloys that can withstand high temperatures without corroding is a key challenge for many fields, such as renewable and sustainable energy…
Rice University engineers have developed a composite binder made primarily of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, that can replace Portland cement…
Superhard substances have a broad scope of application spanning well drilling, machine building, metalworking, defense industry, surgery and many other fields….
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