Buckyballs on gold are less exotic than graphene
Graphene consists of carbon atoms that crosslink in a plane to form a flat honeycomb structure. In addition to surprisingly high mechanical stability, the material has exciting electronic properties. The electrons behave like massless particles, whic.....»»
Ferroelectric modulation of Fermi level of graphene oxide to enhance SERS response
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful fingerprint analysis and detection technique that plays an important role in the fields of food safety, environmental protection, bio-imaging and hazardous substance identification. Electromagnet.....»»
It’s a “fake PR stunt”: Artists hate Meta’s AI data deletion process
There's no way to opt out, leading artists to believe Meta's system is badly broken. Enlarge (credit: Nodar Chernishev/Getty) As the generative artificial intelligence gold rush intensifies, concerns about the data used.....»»
Measuring mechanical stresses and strains in graphene-based supercapacitor electrodes
Texas A&M University researchers have discovered that when charging a supercapacitor, it stores energy and responds by stretching and expanding. This finding can be used to design new materials for flexible electronics or other devices that must be b.....»»
Multimodal graphene-based e-textiles for the realization of customized e-textiles developed for the first time
A joint research team led by Principal Researcher Soongeun Kwon and Professor Young-Jin Kim has developed graphene-based, customized e-textiles, for the first time in the world. They published their findings in ACS Nano in a paper titled, "Multimodal.....»»
Itinerant magnetism and superconductivity in exotic 2D metals for next-generation quantum devices
The Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) pioneers studies to build and co-design the next generation of programmable quantum devices. An interdisciplinary team of scientists from QSA institutions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), an.....»»
Lamborghini combats softening market with sold-out models, long wait times
The exotic and ultraluxury market is softening compared with last year, according to Automobili Lamborghini America's CEO. But the Italian brand is being aided by sold-out models and long wait times......»»
Researchers demonstrate a high-speed electrical readout method for graphene nanodevices
Graphene is well-known for its high electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, and flexibility. Stacking two layers of graphene with atomic layer thickness produces bilayer graphene, which possesses excellent electrical, mechanical, and optical pr.....»»
Study finds social media photos may drive new customers away
Social media marketers sharing photos of people vacationing in exotic locales or attending events at exclusive venues may actually be driving new customers away, according to a recently published Tulane University study......»»
Pirate IPTV Owners Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison & $18m Damages
Two men who operated a pirate IPTV service have been handed 36-month prison sentences by a specialist IP court in Sweden. Anonymous tips led to an investigation, police surveillance including wiretapping, and subsequent raids which netted 47 gold bar.....»»
For All Mankind embarks on asteroid mining gold rush in season 4 official trailer
The Apple TV+ original series For All Mankind is back next month, and the first official trailer for the fourth season just dropped. Apple previously released a teaser video of sorts in the form of a mock recruitment video. more….....»»
Lululemon’s Align pants are soft, but its new material is even softer
The activewear brand struck gold with its Nulu fabric. Now it’s releasing a new version that’s even more comfortable. In 2015, Lululemon struck gold. After years of research and development in its Vancouver labs, Lululemon’s des.....»»
Creating a broadband diffractive graphene orbital angular momentum metalens by laser nanoprinting
Optical beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) attract widespread attention and play an important role in optical data storage, optical communications, quantum information processing, super-resolution imaging, and optical trapping and manipula.....»»
High-performance SERS substrate proposed based on 2H-TaS2 and single-atom-layer gold clusters
Recently, a research team led by Professor Yang Liangbao from Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed an electromagnetic field enhancement mechanism based on.....»»
Kuo: Apple Watch is seeing a big sales decline year-over-year in 2023
As part of a larger post about future Apple Watch rumors, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is predicting that shipments of the wearable in 2023 will see a notable decline, year-over-year.Gold Apple Watch Edition - now long goneThe post published on Tuesday after.....»»
New research offers a theory on how gold, platinum, and other precious metals found their way into Earth"s mantle
Scientists at Yale and the Southwest Research Institute (SRI) say they've hit the jackpot with some valuable new information about the story of gold......»»
Chiro-optical force observed at the nanoscale
A research group at the Institute for Molecular Science has successfully observed the left and right handedness of material structures at the nanoscale, by illuminating chiral gold nanostructures with circularly polarized light and detecting the opti.....»»
Laser-scribed graphene for sensors
With the development of the information era, sensors capable of transmitting and detecting information have become the leading way to obtain information. Therefore, building a sensor system with a wide detection range, high sensitivity and fast respo.....»»
Original Apple Watch, including $17,000 gold model, no longer eligible for repairs
It’s been nine years since Apple announced the very first Apple Watch to the world – although it only hit the stores in April 2015. In 2021, the first-generation Apple Watch entered Apple’s list of “vintage” products, which means that repai.....»»
A graphene addition for enhancing the critical current density of Bi-2223 superconductors
Superconductors are materials that offer zero electric resistance to the flow of current on being cooled down below a certain critical temperature. Typically, superconductors have a very low critical temperature, close to absolute zero. However, a cl.....»»
The $10,000-plus golden Apple Watch is now “obsolete,” according to Apple
The point of it was never how it worked. Now it will struggle to work at all. Enlarge / 18-karat rose gold Apple Watches on display, ready for you to invest more than five figures into their inevitably limited lifespan as a funct.....»»