Solar power heads in a new direction: thinner - Atom-thick photovoltaic sheets could pack hundreds of times more power per weight than conventional solar cells
The MIT team found that an effective solar cell could be made from a stack of two one-molecule-thick materials: Graphene (a one-atom-thick...
Efficient Production Process for Coveted Nanocrystals
Ce(IV) dimers and trimers form in aqueous solution nanometer-sized cer dioxide crystals (CeO2). The size of the nanocrystals is in the...
Three Planets in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star
Dusty Surprise Around Giant Black Hole
ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer has gathered the most detailed observations ever of the dust around the huge black hole...
Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Unearthed in Space
Asteroid 2013 MZ5 as seen by the University of Hawaii's PanSTARR-1 telescope. In this animated gif, the...
Accelerating Proliferation of Human Bone-Marrow Stem Cells by Nanobioceramics
Beyond Silicon: Transistors without Semiconductors
Electrons flash across a series of gold quantum dots on boron nitride nanotubes. Michigan Tech scientists made the quantum-tunneling device...
