Scientists Replicate Self-Cleaning Anti-reflective Nanocoating of Insects’ Eyes
Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how…
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Nanoscale Control of Desalination Membranes Could Lead to Cheaper Water Filtration
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Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Penn State solved…
Desalination Breakthrough Maximizes Flow for Cheaper Water Filtration
Nature has figured out how to make great membranes. Biological membranes let the right stuff into cells while keeping the wrong stuff out. And, as…
New Understanding of Ionic Interactions With Graphene and Water Could Improve Water Purification Processes and Electric Energy Storage
A research team led by Northwestern engineers and Argonne National Laboratory researchers have uncovered new findings into the role of ionic interaction within graphene and…
Atomic-Scale Nanowires for Next-Generation Electronics
Scalable synthesis of transition metal chalcogenide nanowires for next-gen electronics. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition…
New Cathode Design Significantly Improves Performance of Next-Generation Battery
A team led by Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment Prof. ZHAO Tianshou, Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of HKUST…
Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production With a New Nanomaterial
A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source. Hydrogen is a…
Building a Quantum Network Using Tiny Nanoscale Nodes
New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of…
Tiny Quantum Computer Solves Real Logistics Optimization Problem
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can solve a small part of a real logistics problem with their small,…
MIT Discovery Offers New Promise for Nonsilicon Computer Transistors
Once deemed suitable only for high-speed communication systems, an alloy called InGaAs might one day rival silicon in high-performance computing. For decades, one material has…
New Technology Peers at the Electrical Signals Inside Cells – May Inspire New Fields of Research
University of Chicago scientists pioneer new method of measuring electricity in cells. Electricity is a key ingredient in living bodies. We know that voltage differences…
Innovative Experiment Takes “Snapshots” of Light, Stops Light, Uses Light to Change Properties of Matter
Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons, or equivalently as electromagnetic field waves. Experiments led by Hrvoje…
New Material System Developed to Convert and Generate Terahertz Waves for Tomorrow’s Technologies
On the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz light is located between infrared radiation and microwaves. It holds enormous potential for tomorrow’s technologies: Among other things, it might…
Method Invented to “Sketch” Quantum Devices With Focused Electrons
Technique is 10,000 faster than previous methods, and can create active nanostructured gates directly below two-dimensional materials such as graphene. It has long been a…
Scientists Discover How to Use Antibodies to Control Chemical Reactions
Researchers developed a strategy to synthesize functional molecules with specific diagnostic antibodies. Antibodies are remarkable biomarkers: they are the cues that provide us with indications…
Chemical Research Breakthrough Could Transform Clean Energy Technology
By some estimates, the amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the earth in one year is greater than the sum of all the…
Entangled Photons Created 100 Times More Efficiently Than Previously Possible
Fast, ultra-bright photon source brings scalable quantum photonics within reach. Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of our lives — but first,…
Ultra-Thin Designer Materials Unlock Elusive Quantum Phenomena With Huge Impact for Quantum Computing
New research, published in Nature, has measured highly sought-after Majorana quantum states. A team of theoretical and experimental physicists have designed a new ultra-thin material…