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Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an...

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The next generation of glowing plants

The latest generations of computer chips are only a few nanometres in size and are becoming ever more energy-saving and powerful as a...

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New substance classes for nanomaterials: Nano spheres and diamond slivers made of silicon and german

A new method designs nanomaterials with less than 10-nanometer precision. It could pave the way for faster, more energy-efficient...

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New method designs nanomaterials with less than 10-nanometer precision

If you're old enough, you may still have a box of cassette or VHS tapes lying around. These storage devices were popular in the 1970s and...

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Exploring a unique material with tunable properties

The term DNA immediately calls to mind the double-stranded helix that contains all our genetic information. But the individual units of...

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New DNA-based chip can be programmed to solve complex math problems

A 2D nanomaterial consisting of organic molecules linked to metal atoms in a specific atomic-scale geometry shows non-trivial electronic...

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Magnetism generated in 2D organic material by star-like arrangement of molecules

Most of the magnets we encounter daily are made of “ferromagnetic” materials. The north-south magnetic axes of most atoms in these...

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Researchers find a new way to control magnets

Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can dissolve in oceans, lakes and ponds, forming bicarbonate ions and other compounds that change...

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'Nanojars' capture dissolved carbon dioxide, toxic ions from water

Ultrathin materials made of a single layer of atoms have riveted scientists' attention since the discovery of the first such...

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Physicists engineer new property out of 'white' graphene

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) will be home to a...

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Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Caltech to Build Quantum Network Testbed

Electrochromic (EC) materials, one of the key "green" technological components for sustainability and energy savings, have piqued the...

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Scientists unravel the mysteries of irreversibility in electrochromic thin films

Ceramics are resilient to heat and extreme environments but they are fragile and crack easily. Recently, in a study published in Science...

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Under loading ceramics self-heal cracks by forming kink-bands

Graphene, hexagonally arranged carbon atoms in a single layer with superior pliability and high conductivity, could advance flexible...

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Graphene made with lasers for wearable health devices

Ohm’s law is well-​known from physics class. It states that the resistance of a conductor and the voltage applied to it determine how...

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An insulator made of two conductors

A research group in Japan has successfully developed a “nanoporous super multi-element catalyst” that contains 14 elements which are...

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Simple creation of a super multi-element catalyst homogeneously containing 14 elements

A breakthrough in stabilizing nanocrystals introduces a low-cost, energy-efficient light source for consumer electronic devices,...

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Pivotal discovery of nanomaterial for LEDs

Graphite and diamond are made of a substance called carbon (C). Graphene is the separation of a single layer of carbon atom from...

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Fabrication of single-layer tetracene molecular crystals

Electrochemical reactions that are accelerated using catalysts lie at the heart of many processes for making and using fuels, chemicals,...

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Making catalytic surfaces more active to help decarbonize fuels and chemicals

Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as a curvature of space-time, explains a multitude of gravitational...

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Is Gravity a Quantum Force?

An all-RIKEN team has increased the number of silicon-based spin qubits that can be entangled from two to three, highlighting the...

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Quantum entanglement of three spin qubits demonstrated in silicon