Strong and tough yet as light as a feather – materials with this exceptional combination of properties are urgently needed in many industrial sectors and in medicine, as well as being of gre... Read more
Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. T... Read more
This eye disease often leads to blindness — which might be prevented by early intervention The team headed by Dr. Jacqueline Reinhard and Prof. Dr. Andreas Faissner from the Department... Read more
A team of international scientists have found a way to make memory chips perform computing tasks, which is traditionally done by computer processors like those made by Intel and Qualcomm. Th... Read more
New principle for the self-assembly of patterned nanoparticles published in NATURE may have important implications for nanotechnology and future technologies Animal and plant cells are promi... Read more
Future nanoelectronic information storage devices are also tiny batteries – astounding finding opens up new possibilities Resistive memory cells (ReRAM) are regarded as a promising solution... Read more
Frangioni’s approach is quite different. One of the main forces driving the move to open access is the idea that if the public has already paid for research through taxation or philant... Read more