New study of ferroelectrics offers roadmap to multivalued logic for neuromorphic computing

New research lays out a theoretical map to use ferroelectric material to process information using multivalued logic - a leap beyond the simple ones and zeroes that make up our current computing systems that could let us process information much more efficiently.

Tiny magnetic implant offers new drug delivery method

Researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant that could offer an alternative for patients struggling with numerous pills or intravenous injections.

Controlling electron spin for efficient water splitting

Scientists have succeeded in almost fully suppressing the production of hydrogen peroxide by controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction.

Nanofabricated devices detect ultrasound with light

A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology.

Graphene foam gets big and tough

Nanotube-reinforced material can be shaped, is highly conductive.

Luminescence switchable carbon nanodots follow intracellular trafficking and drug delivery

Carbon nanodots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of drug delivery involving various optical and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman, and hyperspectral imaging.

New mechanical metamaterials can block symmetry of motion, findings suggest

Engineers have invented the first mechanical metamaterials that easily transfer motion effortlessly in one direction while blocking it in the other.