For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. The research opens the door to... Read more
A potential new treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI), which affects thousands of soldiers, auto accident victims, athletes and others each year, has shown promise in laboratory researc... Read more
“We have developed a material that absorbs infrared and is all transparent to the visible light.” One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with researchers at UCL... Read more
Give computers a huge boost in speed and energy efficiency Electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a new laser fo... Read more
Rapid and highly efficient collection of oils Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of the first self-propelled “microsubmarines” designed to pick up drople... Read more
One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer Researchers at Brown University have created an implant that appears to deter breast cancer cell regrowth. Made from a comm... Read more
“If the signal never leaves the fiber, then it is a faster, cheaper, and more efficient technology,” When data is transmitted as pulses of light along a fiber optic cable,... Read more
There are not enough beakers to do all the experiments required Tiny substances called nanomaterials have moved into the marketplace over the last decade, in products as varied as cos... Read more
Leading to faster, more powerful information processing and supercomputers When it comes to speed, photons leave electrons for dead, which means optical computers will be much faster... Read more
Interest in nanotoxicity is rapidly growing Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide — common diesel fuel additives u... Read more
For the past several years, scientists from around the world have been engaged in the development of nanogenerators – tiny piezoelectric devices capable of generating electricity by harnessi... Read more
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have shown that they can deliver a gene directly into breast cancer cells causing them to self-destruct, using an innovative, miniscule gene tr... Read more