DOE accelerates grant funding and adds $900,000 to superconductor group for wind energy project.
Silicon lasers for the terahertz spectral range
Stimulated emission between impurity levels in silicon is a promising source of terahertz laser radiation.
Seeing in color at the nanoscale
Berkeley Lab scientists develop a new nanotech tool to probe solar-energy conversion.
Doped graphite powder: room-temperature superconductors at last?
German scientists have found evidence for granular room-temperature superconductivity in water-treated graphite powder.
Responsive Materials Tuned by Anions
John Texter (Eastern Michigan University) reviews in an authoritative and clear manner the rapidly growing field of anion recognition materials derived from imidazolium based polymers.
Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes
Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes provides the reader with a systematic description of the different types of thermal convection and flow instabilities in rotating systems, as present in materials, crystal growth, thermal engineering,...
Analysis on the Wing: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Copper Butterfly Wings
Scientists have mimicked the shape of a butterfly wing to improve the sensitivity of Raman Spectroscopy.
Book Review: Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Materials
Prof. Sergiy Minko of Clarkson University reviews the new Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Materials.
Taking Shape: Metamorphic Nanocomposites
The development of materials with magnetically adjustable properties has been presented by a German research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) Centre for Biomaterial Development in Teltow.
Reviewed: Fullerenes: Nanochemistry, Nanomagnetism, Nanomedicine, Nanophotonics
MIT professor Mildred Dresselhaus takes a look at the latest work in fullerene chemistry.