First lighting the way In the late 1800s Thomas Edison created a practical light bulb, an electrically-powered,
The ability to control light in new ways transformed how we experience and see the world.
The key to its success in replicating a sunny sky uses nanostructured materials to scatter light from LEDS in the same way tiny particles scatter sunlight in the atmosphere so-called Rayleigh scattering.
which should not be possible based on traditional ways to control light but is, thanks to metal nanoparticles that can squeeze light into small volumes.
From new ways to shake off those winter blues to manipulating light in small spaces, the trajectory for artificial light is bright indeed n
Of course, not all of the electronics that find their way into the ecoatm are taken actually apart and used for parts.
We have been looking for a way to boost the benefits of physical and occupational therapy for motor recovery after stroke,
yet nonspecific, way of preparing the brain for all types of therapies, and depending on where the magnet is aimed,
#Cholera Bacteria Spear Their Prey to Grab Genes The bacteria that cause cholera grab genes from other organisms in a particularly predatory way, new research finds.
But researchers at The swiss Federal Institute of technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, found that cholera (formally called Vibrio cholerae) have a unique way of doing so.
"This is really fascinating for understanding mechanistically another way to acquire genes that encode factors that make it virulent,
paving the way for new types of unmanned vehicles that could one day carry people. Earlier this spring, NASA ENGINEERS flew the so-called GL-10 (the"GL"stands for"Greased Lightning")prototype drone at a military base located about two hours away from the agency's Langley Research center In virginia.
Now, the researchers are examining ways to make the drone more aerodynamically efficient, Fredericks said.
but researchers have not found ways to give the people who use them the same, smooth motor control that people have over their natural limbs.
Researchers have developed a light-emitting graphene transistor that works in the same way as the filament in a light bulb."
the resulting technology could offer new ways to make displays or study high-temperature phenomena at small scales,
The device demonstrates a new way to merge computer calculations with the manipulation of matter, scientists added.
Although Prakash and his colleagues previously demonstrated a way to control many droplets on a microfluidic chip simultaneously
Now Prakash and his colleagues have developed a way for droplets on microfluidic devices to act simultaneously, in a synchronized manner.
"It represents a way to aggregate quarks, namely the fundamental constituents of ordinary protons and neutrons,
"We realized that a better way to make use of this flowable electrode technology was to reinvent the lithium ion manufacturing process".
Researchers at Purdue University have come up with a new way of releasing drugs into the body in a controlled manner using tiny injectable nanowire implants.
automatically avoiding obstacles in its way thanks to built-in sensors that detect objects in its vicinity.
This way the user can provide overall directions, and the robot figuring out the details of how to get from point A to B. Here an EPFL video showing off the technology n
which can be moved out of the way by delivering an electric current. Each reservoir can be activated individually to open up depending on the applied current,
Now a partnership between scientists at University of Nottingham in the UK and Cornell University in New york have developed a way of printing bonelike biocompatible material at room temperature
But the researchers discovered an ingenious way of harnessing it, by enlisting spores from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to generate wind energy that will once again upend
But it goes about it in an entirely different way. Instead of capturing energy via the circular motion of a propeller,
who actively try to design their way around these whirlpools of wind. And for good reason:
The team started Vortex Bladeless in 2010 as a way to turn this vibrating energy into something productive.
When the cone oscillates one way, the repelling magnets pull it in the other direction,
the technology still has a ways to go. Theye hoping to have their first product, a 9-foot,
theye great machines, he says. ee just proposing a new way, a different way. ource:
The beamsplitter would be just one of a multitude of passive devices placed on a silicon chip to direct light waves in different ways.
To put it another way, he says, "When they are misaligned, the moire is very small,
electrons traveling within a layer are slowed down in the same way. But with graphene, if the layers stacked on top of each other are misaligned,
It's because of the twisting between the two layers that decouples them in this way, "Sanchez-Yamagishi says.
Silver and platinum nano-spirals could be made in the same way. Because of the tiny quantities of metal actually used, they can be made inexpensively out of precious metals,
where atoms behave in a more liquid-like way. Their increased mobility makes it more likely they will rearrange themselves into the beginnings of a ine defect,
the researchers could then stretch the nanowire in a controlled way. By repeatedly ramping up the voltage to a different maximum and bringing it down at the same rate,
efficient nanofiber production. e have demonstrated a systematic way to produce nanofibers through electrospinning that surpasses the state of the art,
who led the new work. ut the way that it done opens a very interesting possibility.
The work is n elegant and creative way of demonstrating the strong capability of traditional MEMS microelectromechanical systems fabrication processes toward parallel nanomanufacturing
efficient nanofiber production. e have demonstrated a systematic way to produce nanofibers through electrospinning that surpasses the state of the art,
who led the new work. ut the way that it done opens a very interesting possibility.
The work is n elegant and creative way of demonstrating the strong capability of traditional MEMS microelectromechanical systems fabrication processes toward parallel nanomanufacturing
and will pave the way towards the realization of atomically thin, flexible, and transparent displays,
A new technology developed by chemists at UCLA is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks-an advance that could change the way scientists think about designing solar cells.
and they assemble into the appropriate structure because of the way the materials are designed, Schwartz said. o there no additional work.
A new technology developed by chemists at UCLA is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks-an advance that could change the way scientists think about designing solar cells.
and they assemble into the appropriate structure because of the way the materials are designed, Schwartz said. o there no additional work.
Storing solar energy as hydrogen is a promising way for developing comprehensive renewable energy systems. To accomplish this, traditional solar panels can be used to generate an electrical current that splits water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen,
along with an international team, have come up with an ingenious way of creating therapeutic heat in a light, flexible design.
but found multiple ways to control and steer them.""The observation itself was challenging, as"surface plasmons are not visible to the eye
Getting rid of excess heat in efficient ways is imperative to prolonging electronic lifespan and would also lead to a considerable reduction in energy usage.
Graphene-based film could also pave the way for faster, smaller, more energy efficient, sustainable high power electronics."
and Katsumasa Fujita at Osaka University developed a way to image small, mobile bioactive molecules in living cells,
The technique developed by the team opens the way for in depth functional studies of lipid rafts. efore our work,
crowdsourcing approach to neuroscience is a great way to understand normal and healthy brain circuitry."
#Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity Researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun's spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.
Riverside that has found an ingenious way to make solar energy conversion more efficient. The researchers report in Nano Letters that by combining inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals with organic molecules, they have succeeded in pconvertingphotons in the visible and near-infrared regions of the solar spectrum. he infrared region of the solar
#Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity Researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun's spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.
Riverside that has found an ingenious way to make solar energy conversion more efficient. The researchers report in Nano Letters that by combining inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals with organic molecules, they have succeeded in pconvertingphotons in the visible and near-infrared regions of the solar spectrum. he infrared region of the solar
The main challenge, the researchers noted, lies in the way light emitting semiconductor materials are grown
That way the actual original information that is being preserved in the qubits remains unobserved. Why? Because quantum physics."
produces fragile entangled photons in a more efficient way February 16th, 2015quantum research past, present and future for discussion at AAAS February 16th, 2015discoveries Enhanced Graphene Components for Next Generation Racing yacht March 5th, 2015american Chemical Society Presidential Symposia:
A new technique invented at Caltech to produce graphene--a material made up of an atom-thick layer of carbon--at room temperature could help pave the way for commercially feasible graphene-based solar cells and light-emitting diodes, large-panel displays, and flexible electronics."
or larger, paving the way to realistic large-scale applications.""The new manufacturing process might not have been discovered at all if not for a fortunate turn of events.
The scientists also discovered that their graphene grows in a special way. Graphene produced using conventional thermal processes grows from a random patchwork of depositions.
New cheap and efficient electrode for splitting water March 18th, 2015military Data structures influence speed of quantum search in unexpected ways:
We currently have no other way to do that in clinical practice, "said Harrison.""It's tackling a big problem that many people have been trying to solve in the last 50 years.
and the most efficient way to make mass quantities of them.""We can now create kilograms of nanofibers per hour using this simple continuous flow process,
and we have found a way to solve that challenge.""Krishnaswamy and Zhou plan next to test a number of full-duplex nodes to understand what the gains are at the network level."
However, due to the lack of suitable techniques and instruments, the chromatin organisation inside a cell nucleus could not be observed in a noninvasive way with the sufficient resolution.
The posts are arranged in such a way that every two posts funnels cells towards the tip of a third post.
The beamsplitter would be just one of a multitude of passive devices placed on a silicon chip to direct light waves in different ways.
Now a team of Northwestern University researchers has found a way to print three-dimensional structures with graphene nanoflakes.
"Our molecular pump is radical chemistry--an ingenious way of transferring energy from molecule to molecule,
the way nature does said Sir Fraser Stoddart, the senior author of the study. Stoddart is the Board of trustees Professor of Chemistry in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences."
"Conducting non-equilibrium chemistry in this way, with simple artificial molecules, is one of the major challenges for science in the 21st century."
Researchers find a way of tuning light waves by pairing 2 exotic 2-D materials May 20th, 2015news and information SUNY Poly CNSE and NIOSH Launch Federal
it can generate full 3d data from the object in a completely non-intrusive way
#Researchers develop new way to manufacture nanofibers Abstract: Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed an inexpensive way to manufacture extraordinarily thin polymer strings commonly known as nanofibers.
These polymers can be made from natural materials like proteins or from human-made substances to make plastic,
New, stable photocathode with great potential May 12th, 2015precision Automation Actuator Features Closed-Loop Force and Position Control May 7th, 2015a better way to build
2015nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes Sandia researchers first to measure thermoelectric behavior by'Tinkertoy'materials May 20th, 2015cotton fibres instead of carbon nanotubes May 9th, 2015a better way to build DNA scaffolds:
Researchers find a way of tuning light waves by pairing 2 exotic 2-D materials May 20th, 2015toward'green'paper-thin, flexible electronics May 20th, 2015organic nanoparticles
Researchers find a way of tuning light waves by pairing 2 exotic 2-D materials May 20th,
so that it was not possible to know why things were working the way they were.
or stop cancers by blocking them in multiple ways within the brain. The drug is about 20 to 30 nanometers in size-a fraction of a human hair,
but also paves the way for the development of next-generation nanoscale superconducting devices. The research results were published in Nature Materials on June 1
Silver and platinum nano-spirals could be made in the same way. Because of the tiny quantities of metal actually used
And these long flat noodles grow together in a very specific way: In the oven used for the synthesis, temperatures stay just below the melting point of tin oxide.
and highly desirable way to manipulate magnetization at the nanoscale.""In our study, we make use of the fact that a heat current passing through a magnetic material creates a separation of electron spins.
researchers had figured not yet out a way to use it to visualize the growth of complex self-assembled, chemical nanostructures.'
Scientists at the U s. Department of energy's Argonne National Laboratory have found a way to use tiny diamonds
or"scrolls",the team found a way to translate the nanoscale superlubricity into a macroscale phenomenon.
While the field of tribology has long been concerned with ways to reduce friction -and thus the energy demands of different mechanical systems-superlubricity has been treated as a tough proposition."
"Sumant added,"will be crucial in finding ways to reduce friction in everything from engines or turbines to computer hard disks and microelectromechanical systems."#
Scientists want to find a way to create 1 and 0 by using physics phenomena that don't actually change the atomic structure of the material--for example,
But the only way we knew how to make new individual skyrmion bubbles on demand was at very,
'Our new method is the simplest way to generate skyrmion bubbles thus far, 'said Argonne postdoctoral researcher Wanjun Jiang, the first author on the study.
Researchers have found an easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that are small enough to evade the body's immune system,
X-ray laser opens up new avenues of research in material science June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
2015stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds: Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data;
wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
2015stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds: Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data;
wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
2015announcements Stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds: Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data;
4-D printing to advance chemistry, materials sciences and defense capabilities June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
2015stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds: Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data;
wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
2015research partnerships Stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds: Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data;
4-D printing to advance chemistry, materials sciences and defense capabilities June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
"Our laser technique forces the materials to assemble in a particular way. We can then build structures layer-by-layer,
and the way the rows intersect and overlap shapes the grid. We then apply the functional materials after each layer forms.
It's an exceptionally fast and simple way to produce such precise configurations.""Study coauthor Atikur Rahman, a CFN postdoctoral researcher, added,
Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential uses such as fine-scale imaging and the transmission of information within tight spaces.
As a result, this human-made material manipulates electromagnetic radiation-light-in ways never observed in natural materials.
2015discovery paves way for new kinds of superconducting electronics June 22nd, 2015researchers first to show that Saharan silver ants can control electromagnetic waves over an extremely broad range of the electromagnetic spectrumfindings may lead to biologically inspired coatings for passive radiative cooling of objects June 19th,
Researchers used a simple and inexpensive nano-imprinting technique that can produce the reflective nanostructured surface over a large area. his is a cheap way of making displays on a flexible substrate with full-color generation,
#Breakthrough graphene production could trigger revolution in artificial skin development A pioneering new technique could pave the way for the development of the first truly flexible lectronic skin Abstract:
low cost graphene could pave the way for the development of the first truly flexible'electronic skin,
believes the new discovery could pave the way for"a graphene-driven industrial revolution"to take place.
This shows to the semiconductor industry for the very first time a way to potentially mass produce graphene with present facilities rather than requiring them to build new manufacturing plants.
Advancements in the electrolyte system of PEMFCTHE commercial development of a special electrolyte (single ion conducting polymer electrolyte) changed the field of electrochemical devices in a significant way.
In doing so, they developed a more accurate and efficient way of diagnosing prostate cancer than the current tests
Getting rid of excess heat in efficient ways is imperative to prolonging electronic lifespan, and would also lead to a considerable reduction in energy usage.
Graphene-based film could also pave the way for faster, smaller, more energy efficient, sustainable high power electronics."
2015a cool way to form 2-D conducting polymers using ice: POSTECH scientists develop breakthrough technique to easily optimize electrical properties of Polyaniline nanosheets to an unprecedented level in an environmental-friendly and inexpensive way July 7th,
2015discoveries Scientists Apply Magnetic nanoparticles to Eliminate Cancerous Cells July 10th, 2015graphene gets competition: Layered semiconducting black arsenic phosphorus as an alternative to silicon July 9th, 2015depletion and enrichment of chlorine in perovskites observed July 9th,
Making graphene's electrons oscillate in different ways makes it possible to"read"all the vibrations of the molecule on its surface."
-when bent-the nanowires would return more than 80 percent of the way to their original shape instantaneously,
but return the rest of the way (up to 20 percent) slowly.""In nanowires that are approximately 50 nanometers in diameter,
"This research opens up a new way to manipulate the flow of light, and could enable new technologies in light sensing and solar energy conversion,
Right now, computers generally store information in several ways, among them the well-known random-access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM.
Finding ways to speed up the recording process of phase-change materials and understanding the limits to this speed could lead to a new type of memory that harnesses the best of both worlds.
Schneck's research team looked to magnets as a potential way to separate the naive T cells from others in the blood.
even though this is still some way off the fifteen percent achieved by silicon cells coupled to a battery.
scientists continue to look for ways to increase their efficiency while simplifying how they are manufactured. A new study by researchers from the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA is the first demonstration of electroluminescence from multilayer molybdenum disulfide,
The one-atom-thick carbon sheets could revolutionize the way electronic devices are manufactured and lead to faster transistors, cheaper solar cells, new types of sensors and more efficient bioelectric sensory devices.
Halas said one way to lower manufacturing costs would be to incorporate high-efficiency light-gathering plasmonic nanostructures with low-cost semiconductors like metal oxides.
"The efficiency of semiconductor-based solar cells can never be extended in this way because of the inherent optical properties of the semiconductors."
but it provides no way of determining how many of those electrons are actually useful, high-energy, hot electrons,
The new fibers differ from conventional materials in several ways. For example, when conventional fibers are stretched,
UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun's spectrum to make solar cells more efficient A huge gain in this direction has now been made by a team of chemists at the University of California,
Riverside that has found an ingenious way to make solar energy conversion more efficient. The researchers report in Nano Letters that by combining inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals with organic molecules, they have succeeded in"upconverting"photons in the visible and near-infrared regions of the solar spectrum."
Neaton and his colleagues at Columbia University have discovered a way to address both deficiencies.""Electron flow at molecular length-scales is dominated by quantum tunneling,
-which measures how much the polar groups line up in a stable way with the field-behaves in a linear way,
The beamsplitter would be just one of a multitude of passive devices placed on a silicon chip to direct light waves in different ways.
together with BGT Materials Limited, found a way to increase the conductivity of graphene ink without resorting to a binder.
similar to the way new pavement is compressed with a road roller. Compressing the ink increased its conductivity by more than 50 times,
Paving the Way to Antennas, Wireless Sensors, and More The researchers tested their compressed graphene laminate by printing a graphene antenna onto a piece of paper.
Now a team of Northwestern University researchers has found a way to print three-dimensional structures with graphene nanoflakes.
#Controlling light by pairing two exotic 2-D materials Researchers have found a way to couple the properties of different two-dimensional materials to provide an exceptional degree of control over light waves.
and can couple in ways that afford a great deal of control over the behavior of light.
when the materials are combined in a certain way, the plasmons and phonons can couple, producing a strong resonance.
ur work paves the way for using 2-D material heterostructures for engineering new optical properties on demand.
Yu-Zhong Wang, Fei Song and colleagues wanted to seek a greener way forward. The researchers developed a thin,
Nae-Eung Lee and colleagues note that one way to make interactions between people and robots more intuitive would be to endow machines with the ability to read their users'emotions
"Our findings fundamentally change the way we think about a certain type of magnetism that has been in place
This research may also provide ways to alter the function of metals in order to develop active elements for technologies such as optical communications by controlling how light is reflected from a metal.
If a word is said in a certain way five times, and then in a different way once, it learned to filter away the standout
and concentrate on the most common way, which is presumably correct. This processing happens during the robots downtime.
We say that the machine dreams at night, Brandtsegg says. After a while, the robot was able to connect words
Between the two displays, they worked on improving the way the robot organizes its memories.
opening the way to more accurate diagnostic tests that rely on detection of molecular"signatures"using different markers."
and the effects of wind direction and the perimeter and M25 motorway road traffic. They also discovered that sensor performance can create new opportunities.
which prevents metal corrosion in an environmentally friendly way, even under extreme conditions. It can be used wherever metals are exposed to severe weather conditions, aggressive gases,
t helps us to respond in a highly systematic way to the different needs of industry,
Silver and platinum nano-spirals could be made in the same way. Because of the tiny quantities of metal actually used, they can be made inexpensively out of precious metals,
The only way for electrons to break free is to forcefully add additional electrical charge to the system,
a solid material with spin-transition solution-like behaviour Spintronics is called a discipline to change the way we store
Zhe Jiang, Peter Kruskal, Chong Xie, Zhigang Suo, Ying Fang"Existing techniques are crude relative to the way the brain is wired,
in much the same way that integration of electronics has driven the impressive advances of modern computer systems."
#Engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert US to 100 percent renewable energy (Nanowerk News) One potential way to combat ongoing climate change,
and the ways we currently consume energy, but indicate that the conversion is technically and economically possible through the wide-scale implementation of existing technologies."
One way to overcome the barriers is to inform people about what is said possible Jacobson,
Jacobson said that several states are already on their way. Washington state, for instance, could make the switch to full renewables relatively quickly,
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