Conventional computers could be replaced by massively parallel, low energy, more intelligent brain-like processors using artificial synaptic devices
19 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
Using oxygen doping, scientists have uncovered previously inaccessible details of the phase diagram of a high-temperature superconductor.
19 December 2018
Scientists have developed a blend of two polymers, one conducting and one insulating, that can conduct electricity at temperatures up to 220°C.
18 December 2018
Engineers have developed a method for making atom-flat sensors from 2D materials and then transferring them to curved surfaces.
18 December 2018
Using an x-ray visualization technique called COBRA, scientists have imaged the 3D atomic and electron density structure of a perovskite crystal.
17 December 2018
Congratulations to Prof M Stanley Whittingham.
16 December 2018Stewart Bland
Physicists have synthesized borophene with large-area single-crystal domains on copper substrates, making it suitable for electronic applications.
11 December 2018
Multiferroics and topological materials have produced a new energy-efficient transistor called a magneto-electric spin-orbit (MESO) device.
10 December 2018
Scientists have discovered that silicon contamination is the reason why graphene often doesn't perform as well as predicted.
7 December 2018
bridging the gaps between aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes with metal atoms boosts electrical conductivity in a new direction
6 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
Nanoantibiotics could provide new ways of treating drug-resistant 'superbugs' and reducing the amounts of traditional antibiotics used
5 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
A novel thin-film material can rapidly transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to an insulator without changing its atomic structure.
3 December 2018
making tiny, nanoscale holes into graphene sheets and removing them again could hold the key to manufacturing high-quality structures
3 December 2018Cordelia Sealy