Graphene-based film can be used for efficient cooling of electronics

The film has a thermal conductivity capacity that is four times that of copper; moreover, the graphene film is attachable to electronic components made of silicon.

Watching protein crystal growth in living cells in real time

In vivo protein crystallization offers exciting new possibilities for proteins that do not form crystals in vitro.

Researchers develop basic computing elements for bacteria

Sensors, memory switches, and circuits can be encoded in a common gut bacterium.

A graphene-based high-sensitivity tunable plasmonic biosensor

Researchers have harnessed graphene's unique optical and electronic properties to develop a reconfigurable highly sensitive molecule sensor.

Tunneling out of the surface

Scientists have discovered a new chemical reaction pathway on titanium dioxide (TiO2), an important photocatalytic material.

Layered semiconducting black arsenic phosphorus as an alternative to silicon

Chemists have developed a semiconducting material in which individual phosphorus atoms are replaced by arsenic and engineers have built the first field-effect transistors from the new material.

Research alliance produces working test chips in 7-nm technology

Researchers from IBM Research, SUNY Polytechnic Institute's Colleges of Nanotech Science and Engineering and partners including GlobalFoundries and Samsung have produced advances that will enable the semiconductor industry to pack about twice as many transistors on the chips that power everything from data-crunching servers to mobile devices.

New thermoelectric materials based on thin films of chromium nitride

Scientists report a 250% increase of the thermoelectric conversion efficiency of a CrN thin film compared with the bulk material. This work paves the way for a new generation of thermoelectric materials based on oxides and nitrides.

'Women in Graphene' network launched

Graphene Week 2015 in Manchester last month saw the launch of Women in Graphene, a support network for women in graphene and related 2D materials research. As in other areas of science and engineering, women make up significant proportion of the 2D materials workforce, but they face a number of gender-specific barriers to career progression.

Graphene coating could help boost chemotherapy's effects

Silver is often used as a coating on medical equipment used for chemotherapy. The problem is that this silver coating can break down drugs. Now, researchers have found a graphene coating that will help boost chemotherapy's effects.