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Nanocrystals emit light by efficiently 'tunneling' electrons
Using advanced fabrication techniques, engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a nanosized device out of silver...
Jul 23, 20183 min read


An elastic fiber set to revolutionize smart clothes
It’s a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of elastomer and can incorporate materials...
Jun 1, 20183 min read


Polymer crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport
Scientists from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge have found a way to create polymeric semiconductor nanostructures that absorb...
Jun 1, 20182 min read


Advanced materials: processing glass like a polymer
Pure quartz glass is highly transparent and resistant to thermal, physical, and chemical impacts. These are optimum prerequisites for use...
May 24, 20182 min read


Self-assembling 3D battery would charge in seconds
The world is a big place, but it’s gotten smaller with the advent of technologies that put people from across the globe in the palm of...
May 24, 20183 min read


Making carbon nanotubes as usable as common plastics
Northwestern University's Jiaxing Huang is ready to reignite carbon nanotube research. And he's doing so with a common chemical that was...
May 19, 20182 min read
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