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New properties of graphene could have applications in high-speed...

Graphene has caused a lot of excitement among scientists since its discovery in 2004. Just one atom thick, the famed material has several remarkable properties. It combines mechanical toughness with...

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Nanodevice manufacturing strategy uses self-assembling DNA "building blocks"

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. These...

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New materials could slash energy costs for CO2 capture

In a new study, researchers found that commonly used industrial minerals called zeolites could significantly improve the energy efficiency of carbon capture technology. Research was conducted by...

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Ultrafast laser to attack the mysteries of high-temperature superconductivity

Superconductivity promises huge energy savings. Although they play important roles in science, industry, and medicine, conventional superconductors must be maintained at temperatures a few degrees...

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Computer-designed proteins programmed to disarm a variety of flu viruses

Computer-designed proteins are under construction to battle the flu.  Researchers at the University of Washington are demonstrating that proteins found in nature, that do not normally bind the flu,...

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Prototype device "reads" sign language

Students at the University of Houston have engineered the concept and prototype for MyVoice, a device that reads sign language and translates its gestures into audible words. MyVoice’s concept focuses...

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Integrated sensors designed to operate under extreme conditions

Engineers at Case Western Reserve University have designed and fabricated integrated amplifier circuits that operate under temperatures of up to 600 degrees Celsius, which was previously impossible....

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Nuclear weapon simulations calculate in molecular detail

U.S. researchers at Purdue University and NNSA's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are perfecting simulations that show a nuclear weapon's performance in precise molecular detail. These tools are...

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Robot learns language through 'conversation' with people

A robot analogous to a child between 6 and 14 months old can develop rudimentary linguistic skills through interaction with a human participant. Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire,...

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NIST effort could improve high-tech medical scanners

A team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken steps to ensure a powerful color-based imaging technique performs as well when discerning oxygen-depleted tissues and...

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ORNL microscopy reveals workings behind promising inexpensive catalyst

A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic converters and similar energy-related technologies by delivering a substitute for expensive platinum...

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Graphene drumheads create quantum dots

Tightening or easing the tension on a drumhead will alter the drum sound. This is also the case for drumheads made from graphene. However, instead of changing the sound, stretching graphene will alter...

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Mathemetical approach allows simulation of noncrystalline materials

A multidisciplinary team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in Spain has discovered a new mathematical approach to simulate the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials. This...

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Phase change materials could lead to advanced computer memory

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have provided new insight which could help engineers create more efficient memory storage devices. “Universal memory” which combines non-volatility, high...

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Superconductors show unexpected electronic asymmetry

Physicists from Rice University, Kyoto University and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) are offering new details about similarities between the electronic properties of a new...

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Supercomputer calculates isotopes allowed by laws of physics

A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the Departments of Energy's Jaguar supercomputer to calculate the number of isotopes allowed by the laws of physics. They applied density functional theory...

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Plasma startup creates high-energy light to make smaller microchips

Harnessing the energy-generating mechanism of the sun -- that's what scientists at the University of Washington have been doing for more than a decade, including working endlessly with fusion energy....

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First heralded single photon source made from silicon

A “heralded” photon is one of a pair whose existence is proclaimed by the detection of its partner -- the “herald” photon. To attain heralded single photons researchers built upon a technique...

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Virtual humans helping to train psychologists

Research scientists at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies have invented a new technology that will allow virtually created humans to interact with therapists via a computer screen. This...

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Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed the first flexible lithium-ion battery. The darling of the portable electronics age, lithium-ion...

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