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Nanophysics May 29, 2018

Researchers use silicon nanoparticles for bioimaging and drug delivery

An international research team has studied a new cell visualisation and drug delivery system based on nanoparticles coated with luminescent dye molecules. The particle material and the distance between the dye and the particle's ...

Business Apr 29, 2018

China's JD.com looks to Silicon Valley center for innovation

Self-driving delivery vehicles that are polite to pedestrians? Faster and more precise robotic arms? JD.com, the largest challenger to Alibaba's e-commerce empire in China, is investing in technology to speed up warehouse ...

Business Apr 27, 2018

Labor unions face hard road in Silicon Valley

Well paid and in high demand, it would appear that engineers in Silicon Valley have scant reason to join forces in labor unions.

Nanophysics Apr 26, 2018

A simple method etches patterns at the atomic scale

A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has been developed by a team from Penn State and Southwest Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University in China.

Energy & Green Tech Apr 25, 2018

Silicon as a new storage material for the batteries of the future

Longer life times, larger ranges and faster recharging—developments such as electric mobility or the miniaturisation of electronics require new storage materials for batteries. With its enormous storage capacity, silicon ...

Environment Apr 16, 2018

Minor earthquakes rattle Silicon Valley, California farmland

Two minor earthquakes a few minutes apart shook farmland in the southern San Joaquin Valley and wilderness east of Silicon Valley.

Nanomaterials Apr 13, 2018

Could holey silicon be the holy grail of electronics?

Electronics miniaturization has put high-powered computing capability into the hands of ordinary people, but the ongoing downsizing of integrated circuits is challenging engineers to come up with new ways to thwart component ...

Internet Apr 10, 2018

Silicon Valley wunderkind Zuckerberg in eye of the storm

His goal was to change the world with computer code, but now Mark Zuckerberg is facing the test of his life in rescuing Facebook from a deepening crisis over its failure to protect privacy and thwart manipulation.

Nanophysics Apr 9, 2018

Gold changes photoluminescence of silicon quantum dots

A group of scientists from Russia and Sweden showed that applying gold stripes to a sample with silicon quantum dots modifies the dots' properties. Their study results were published in Scientific Reports.

Materials Science Apr 4, 2018

Titanium carbide flakes obtained by selective etching of titanium silicon carbide

Metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity of MXenes have established them as electrodes in rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, as well as other applications, including photothermal cancer therapy, electromagnetic shielding, ...

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