Science

Visualizing How Radiation Bombardment Boosts Superconductivity: Atomic-level flyovers show how impact sites of high-energy ions pin potentially disruptive vortices to keep high-current superconductivity flowing

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High-energy gold ions impact the crystal surface from above at the sites indicated schematically by dashed circles. Measurement of the...

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Mars Rover's Laser-Zapping Instrument Gets Sharper Vision

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This May 15, 2015, image from the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows detailed...

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3-D Improves Clothing & Gear Fit for Warfighters

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The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center’s anthropology team has played a role in the...

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Defects can 'Hulk-up' materials: Berkeley lab study shows properly managed damage can boost material thermoelectric performances

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Cross sectional HRTEM image of bismuth telluride thin-film grown on gallium arsenide substrate.

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Toward 'green' paper-thin, flexible electronics

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A new, environmentally-friendly paper that glows could lead to sustainable, roll-up electronics.

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DiATOME enables surface preparation for AFM and FIB

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The DiATOME diamond knives for AFM sample preparation.

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Printing 3-D graphene structures for tissue engineering: A new ink formulation allows for the 3-D printing of graphene structures

Now a team of Northwestern University researchers has found a way to print three-dimensional structures with graphene nanoflakes. The fast and efficient method could open up new opportunities for using graphene printed scaffolds regenerative...

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Nanosorbent Produced in Iran to Adsorb Tiny Amounts of Aromatic Hydrocarbon from Seawater

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