First all-antiferromagnetic memory device could get digital data storage in a spin
Physicists at The University of Nottingham, working in collaboration with researchers in the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, and Hitachi Europe, have published (2pm US ET Thursday 14 January 2016) new research in the prestigious academic journal...
NASA's Stardust Sample Return was 10 Years Ago Today
It was less than an hour into the new day of January 15, 2006 (EST), when tens of thousands of miles above our planet, two cable cutters and two retention bolts fired, releasing a spring which pushed a 101-pound (46-kilogram) sample return capsule...
Shiny fish skin inspires nanoscale light reflectors
Such a technique may be applicable to developing better broadband reflectors and custom multi-spectral filters for a wide variety of applications, including advanced optical coatings for glass, laser protection, infrared imaging systems, optical...
Photochromic Nanostructures; Tools to Detect, Tract Living Cells
SiC Nanoparticles Applied to Modify Properties of Portland Cement
New LED with luminescent proteins
This image shows rubber with red, green and blue luminescent proteins used to produce the BioLEDs.
How copper makes organic light-emitting diodes more efficient: KIT researchers measure intersystem crossing directly in a thermally activated delayed fluorescence copper complex -- publication in Science Advances
Thanks to knowledge of their quantum mechanics, dyes can be customized for use in organic light-emitting diodes.
How seashells get their strength: Study shows how calcium carbonate forms composites to make strong materials such as in shells and pearls
The results show that such clumps become incorporated via chemical interactions with atoms in the crystals, an unexpected mechanism based on previous understanding. By providing insight into the formation of natural minerals that are a composite of...
