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Gold, silver, and copper are heavy metals, but scientists can now make them nearly as light as air—in a form so tiny it can ride on a mosquito's back. These ultra-low-density metal foams were created to improve the X-ray sources that are used in the world's most energetic laser system.
Scientists have devised a way to engineer strain when atomically thin crystals are grown over three-dimensional objects to make single-photon emitters for quantum information processing.
Scientists have devised a way to engineer strain when atomically thin crystals are grown over three-dimensional objects to make single-photon emitters for quantum information processing.
Chemists have devised a potentially major improvement to both the speed and durability of smart glass by providing a better understanding of how the glass works at the nanoscale. Smart glass is an energy-efficient product that can slowly change between transparent and tinted at the flip of a switch and is found in newer windows of cars, buildings, and airplanes.
Chemists have devised a potentially major improvement to both the speed and durability of smart glass by providing a better understanding of how the glass works at the nanoscale. Smart glass is an energy-efficient product that can slowly change between transparent and tinted at the flip of a switch and is found in newer windows of cars, buildings, and airplanes.
The Rice University lab of chemist Andrew Barron works with bulk carbon nanotubes on a variety of projects. In an open-access paper in the Springer Nature journal SN Applied Sciences, the scientists provide a detailed description of an inexpensive method that they use to handle carbon nanotubes.
The Rice University lab of chemist Andrew Barron works with bulk carbon nanotubes on a variety of projects. In an open-access paper in the Springer Nature journal SN Applied Sciences, the scientists provide a detailed description of an inexpensive method that they use to handle carbon nanotubes.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage systems. DNA data storage technologies could theoretically store one billion times the amount of data stored in a conventional electronic device of comparable size.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage systems. DNA data storage technologies could theoretically store one billion times the amount of data stored in a conventional electronic device of comparable size.
A team of researchers has developed an innovative way to print therapeutics in three dimensions for regenerative medicine. Three-dimensional bioprinting is emerging as a promising method for rapidly fabricating cell-containing constructs for designing new, healthy, functional tissues.
