Making electronics out of coal

Instead of just setting it afire, thus ignoring the molecular complexity of this highly varied material, researchers say we should be harnessing the real value of that diversity and complex chemistry.

$3m grant to establish Advanced Nanomanufacturing Cluster for Smart Sensors and Materials

A $3 million grant to Northeastern University to establish the Advanced Nanomanufacturing Cluster for Smart Sensors and Materials, a consortium of private manufacturing companies and tier-one research universities working on new methods to create smart sensors and other revolutionary materials using ?nanoscale? printing processes.

Research improves conductive plastic for health energy other technologies

Biological implants that communicate with the brain to control paralyzed limbs or provide vision to the blind are one step closer to reality.

Scientists build 'electronic synapses' for neural networks

Scientists have created prototypes of 'electronic synapses' based on ultra-thin films of hafnium oxide (HfO2). These prototypes could potentially be used in fundamentally new computing systems.

New world record for fullerene-free polymer solar cells

Polymer solar cells can be even cheaper and more reliable thanks to a breakthrough. This work is about avoiding costly and unstable fullerenes.

Nanomagnets produce 3-dimensional images

Wide-view 3-dimensional holographic display composed of nano-magnetic pixels.

Measuring the heat capacity of condensed light

Liquid water is a very good heat storage medium - anyone with a Thermos bottle knows that. However, as soon as water boils or freezes, its storage capacity drops precipitously. Physicists have now observed very similar behavior in a gas of light particles.

Researchers achieve a first by coaxing molecules into assembling themselves

Chemistry researchers have managed to coax molecules known as tellurazole oxides into assembling themselves into cyclic structures - a major advance in their field that creates a new and promising set of materials.

Carbon nanotube light source for quicker computer chips

Researchers have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes are suited for use as on-chip light source for tomorrow?s information technology, when nanostructured waveguides are applied to obtain the desired light properties.

Towards controlling the electronic surface structure of materials

Scientists used spectroscopic imaging scanning tunnelling microscopy (SI-STM) to determine the g-factors of the topological surface states of topological insulators Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te2Se.