New cost-effective way of tuning laser wavelengths to infrared

A team of researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has discovered a cost-effective way of tuning laser wavelengths to infrared. The INRS team developed this method, which is now the subject of a patent application. Many applications...

Researchers develop precise temperature sensor using MXene

A layered material developed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, acts as a precise temperature sensor by utilising the same principle used in biological ion channels. Human cells possess various proteins that act as channels...

Researchers use silk to improve 3D printed hydrogels for tissue regrowth

A research team from Osaka University, Japan, has reprocessed silk into a biologically compatible component of bioinks, improving the structural fidelity of 3D printed hydrogels used in drug development and tissue regrowth. The research team is in the early stages...

New hybrid supercapacitor to improve upon conventional batteries

Researchers from Graz University of Technology, Austria, have developed a safe and sustainable hybrid supercapacitor for the repeated storage of electrical energy. Limited safety, sustainability, and recyclability are key drawbacks of today's lithium-ion battery technology. In the search for alternative...

Quantum key distribution – securing Europe’s cyberspace

Dr Hannes Hübel, the project manager of OPENQKD speaks to Innovation News Network about the adoption of quantum key distribution in Europe. OPENQKD, a pilot project funded by the European Commission, set to run for three years, is already underway....

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for advancements in genome editing

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna for developing one of the most important genome editing tools, CRISPR. Charpentier and Doudna discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors in 2012. Using these, researchers can...

Researchers create nanoscale diamond needles to conduct electricity

An international team of scientists suggest that diamonds could conduct electricity when they are deformed to nanoscale needles. Using computer simulations, the team, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and Skolkovo Institute of...

Researchers produce megatesla order magnetic fields

Researchers from Osaka University, Japan, have discovered a novel mechanism, called ‘microtube implosion’, which demonstrates the generation of megatesla order magnetic fields. Since the 19th century, researchers have struggled to create strong magnetic fields in laboratories for fundamental studies and...

New review analyses why hydrogen makes ferritic steel brittle

A new paper by researchers at the American Institute of Physics discusses how advances in science can help us understand why hydrogen makes ferritic steel brittle. As the global energy market shifts from fossil to more environmentally friendly energy sources,...

New circuit can convert graphene’s thermal motion into electricity

Physicists at the University of Arkansas have developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current. The findings, published in the journal Physical Review E, are proof of a theory that the thermal...

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