Standford researchers developed an ultrafast nanoscale light emitting diode 2,000 times energy efficient
A group of young research students at School of Engineering from Standford has developed an ultrafast nanoscale light-emitting diode (LED) that is able to...
Solar cells can be made thinner, lighter and cheaper
Solar cells are a key technology in the drive toward cleaner energy production. Unfortunately, solar technology is not yet economically competitive and the cost...
Thinner, better and cheaper solar cells
Do better with less. That is the challenge the researchers of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have set for themselves,...
Bad Viruses Could Help Us To Build a New Generation Of Highly Efficient Nano-Batteries...
Viruses have a bad rep-and rightly so. The ability of a virus to quickly and precisely replicate itself makes it a destructive scourge to...
Researchers use nanotechnology to harness the power of fireflies
What do fireflies, nanorods, and Christmas lights have in common? Someday, consumers may be able to purchase multicolor strings of light that don’t need...
Nanofibers Used as Microsensors to Prevent Chemical Hazards
Emergency workers could be warned by a new kind of microsensor when carbon filter become dangerously saturated. In fact, on the ends of optical...
How to convert waste heat to electricity at the nanoscale
Scientists have discovered that a class of materials known to convert heat to electricity and vice versa behaves quite unexpectedly at the nanoscale in...
A new MEMS device generates energy from low-frequency vibrations
Today’s wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to measuring the movement of buildings and bridges.
Working together, distributed...
Nitrogen Dioxide Gas Sensor Based on Vertically-Grown In As Nanowires
Imec and Holst Centre have developed an innovative sensor for measuring ultra-low concentrations of NO2. These sensors are important for applications that monitor environmental...
Nanoscale Photodetectors Detect the Speed of Electrons
Scientists led by Professor Alexander Holleitner, physicist at the Technische Universität Muenchen (TUM), have found a way to directly measure the time during which...