The smallest pixels yet created – a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold – could be used for new types of large-scale... Read more
Researchers have built a nano-engine that could form the basis for future applications in nano-robotics, including robots small enough to enter living cells. Researchers have developed the w... Read more
A new responsive material ‘glued’ together with short strands of DNA, and capable of translating thermal and chemical signals into visible physical changes, could underpin a new class of bio... Read more
This has great implications for improvements in solar cell efficiency Latest research finds that the trailblazing ‘perovskite’ material used in solar cells can double up as a laser, strongly... Read more
Researchers have been able to tune ‘coherence’ in organic nanostructures due to the surprise discovery of wavelike electrons in organic materials, revealing the key to generating “long-lived... Read more
Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrare... Read more
Latest research paves way for inexpensive, high performance cells Organic solar cells, a new class of solar cell that mimics the natural process of plant photosynthesis, could revolutionise... Read more
A synthetic material which mimics the brightest and most vivid colours in nature, and changes colour when twisted or stretched, has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambrid... Read more
We are at the dawn of quantum-enabled technologies, and quantum computing is one of many thrilling possibilities Mete Atature The realisation of quantum networks is one of the major challeng... Read more