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Social Sciences Apr 8, 2019

Toxic neighborhoods and social mobility

How much does growing up in a healthy and cohesive community, or lack thereof, contribute to later long-term economic and social success in adulthood? Quite a lot, it would seem. Two Harvard sociologists, Robert Manduca and ...

Materials Science Aug 27, 2018

Researchers develop a modular metal-organic framework with highest electron charge mobilities ever observed

MOFs—or metal-organic frameworks—are highly customizable porous network solids featuring cages that can come in many sizes and can attract and hold a variety of chemical components, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and ...

General Physics Aug 21, 2018

Quantum simulation reveals mobility edge in a low-dimensional disordered landscape

A recent flood of research scholarship on electronic transport in low-dimensional (2-D or 1D) materials like graphene or carbon nanotubes reflects the tremendous potential of these materials to unveil a deeper understanding ...

Nanophysics Mar 27, 2018

New 'nanotweezers' open door to innovations in medicine, mobile tech

It's difficult to conceptualize a world where humans could casually manipulate nanoscale objects at will or even control their own biological matter at a cellular level with light. But that is precisely what Yuebing Zheng, ...

Social Sciences Oct 5, 2017

Two independent studies find mobility of researchers results in better science

(Phys.org)—Two teams of researchers working independently have come to roughly the same conclusion: Researchers that are free to move between countries produce results that are more creative and innovative than do those ...

Nanomaterials Sep 8, 2016

Containing our 'electromagnetic pollution': MXene can protect mobile devices from electromagnetic interference

If you've ever heard your engine rev through your radio while listening to an AM station in your car, or had your television make a buzzing sound when your cell phone is near it, then you've experienced electromagnetic interference. ...

Security Feb 23, 2016

Team discovers how mobile ads leak personal data

The personal information of millions of smartphone users is at risk due to in-app advertising that can leak potentially sensitive user information between ad networks and mobile app developers, according to a new study by ...

Computer Sciences Nov 13, 2015

Technique for mobile image processing in the cloud cuts bandwidth use by more than 98 percent

As smartphones become people's primary computers and their primary cameras, there is growing demand for mobile versions of image-processing applications.

Quantum Physics Sep 2, 2015

The first two-way, 2-D, ultra-high mobility Si (111) transistor

The two-dimensional physical properties of semiconductor materials depend keenly on a number of factors, such as material purity, surface orientation, flatness, surface reconstruction, charge carrier polarity, and temperature. ...

Nanophysics Sep 26, 2014

New technology may lead to prolonged power in mobile devices

Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas have created technology that could be the first step toward wearable computers with self-contained power sources or, more immediately, a smartphone that doesn't die after ...

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