Scientists create world's smallest 'refrigerator'
How do you keep the world's tiniest soda cold? UCLA scientists may have the answer.
Nanomaterials
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Harnessing DNA molecules for disease detection and electronics
DNA molecules express heredity through genetic information. However, in the past few years, scientists have discovered that DNA can conduct electrical currents. This makes it an interesting candidate for roles that nature ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2020
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Self-powered biosensors may open up new paths to medical tracking, treatments
Wearable and implantable devices are currently used for a variety of functions, including health tracking and monitoring. However, supplying energy usually requires cumbersome batteries and downtime due to recharging. Now, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 10, 2020
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A novel betavoltaic technology with dyes for better energy production
Electronic devices are becoming smaller, more connected, and more powerful; and they still have one thing in common: they need energy to function. Even miniature implantable medical devices and remote Internet-of-Things sensors ...
Materials Science
Sep 4, 2020
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Thin-skinned solar panels printed with inkjet
Solar cells can now be made so thin, light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble. The new cells, which efficiently capture energy from light, could offer an alternative way to power novel electronic devices, such ...
Materials Science
Aug 27, 2020
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Discovery of massless electrons in phase-change materials provides next step for future electronics
Researchers have found electrons that behave as if they have no mass, called Dirac electrons, in a compound used in rewritable discs, such as CDs and DVDs. The discovery of 'massless' electrons in this phase-change material ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 10, 2020
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Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people rely more and more on portable and wireless electronics, and the global need grows for clean energy sources such as solar and wind energies.
Nanomaterials
Aug 3, 2020
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Photochromic bismuth complexes show great promise for optical memory elements
Russian chemists have obtained a new photochromic complex composed of of bismuth (III) and viologen cations and used the new compound to create optical memory elements which were shown to be highly efficient and stable. The ...
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2020
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A new MXene material shows extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding ability
As we welcome wireless technology into more areas of life, the additional electronic bustle is making for an electromagnetically noisy neighborhood. In hopes of limiting the extra traffic, researchers at Drexel University ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2020
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Cooling mechanism increases solar energy harvesting for self-powered outdoor sensors
Sensors placed in the environment spend long periods of time outdoors through all weather conditions, and they must continuously power themselves in order to collect data. Many, like photovoltaic cells, use the sun to produce ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2020
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