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Novel Semiconductor Nanocomposite Material that Moves in Response to Light
A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite...
Oct 24, 20163 min read


Inorganic double helix
It is the double helix, with its stable and flexible structure of genetic information, that made life on Earth possible in the first...
Sep 13, 20163 min read


Graphene key to growing 2-dimensional semiconductor with extraordinary properties
A newly discovered method for making two-dimensional materials could lead to new and extraordinary properties, particularly in a class of...
Aug 30, 20163 min read


Scientists use oxygen ‘scissors’ to make freestanding single-atom silicon layer.
Much like an overcooked dinner, the next so-called wonder material for next-generation electronics has been ‘stuck to the pan’ until...
Aug 1, 20163 min read


Two-dimensional materials ‘as revolutionary as graphene’
Extremely thin stacks of two-dimensional materials are set to revolutionise the world in the same way that graphene will. Writing in...
Aug 1, 20162 min read


How to build nanoelectronic devices atom by atom?
In the year 2015, Intel, Samsung and TSMC began to mass-market the 14nm technology called FinFETs. In the same year, IBM, working with...
Jul 28, 20163 min read
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