Research team develop a novel all-solid AND logic gate which responds to non-chemical inputs irradiation (light) and applied electrical potential.
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Developing crack-resistant ceramic composites
Bremen researchers investigate the feasibility of designing artificial bioinspired ceramic composites with very high crack resistance.
Carbon nanotubes toughen up boron carbide
A US/China research team has fabricated a high-quality, exceptionally tough CNT/B4C composite.
Bulk metallic glasses to protect your spacecraft
Bulk metallic glasses could be the ideal material for protecting spacecraft and satellites from debris in low earth orbit.
New ceramic microbead technique makes better filters
A University of Bremen team describes a simple and versatile rapid tube furnace sintering technique to improve the specific surface area of microbeads.
Engineering teeth with a synthetic biomaterial
French group demonstrate a unique nanofibrous active implant for bone-tooth unit regeneration.
Modeling electronic coupling in excitation energy transfer
New work outlines the successes and challenges of developing accurate theories and computational schemes for the process of excitation energy transfer.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel win this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Polymer grafting is a new route to coatings for li-ion batteries
Researchers develop a new approach to create a homogeneous carbon coating on the surface of titanium dioxide nanoparticles for use in lithium ion batteries.