Electrical conductivity is direction-dependent in semiconducting nanocrystals
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Fireproofing the Dust
Flame retardants from consumer electronic products are present in household dust, raising health concerns
A Better, Lighter Deicer
Graphene stacks in an epoxy matrix make a conductive composite that melts ice on aircraft wings
A New Twist for Quantum Dots
Cysteine ligands cause graphene quantum dots to form left- and right-handed helices
Tilted Levitation Solves MagLev Problem
Tilting a magnetic levitation tube increases the range of densities it can measure tenfold
Magnesium-Powered Magnetism
New geological model provides missing information on what drives Earth's magnetic dynamo
Electricity from Heartbeats
Piezoelectric microgenerators could use the body's movements to power biomedical implants
Keeping Your Touch Screens Clean
Designing device screens that resist fingerprints requires understanding how fingerprints behave
Writing With a Bubble Pen
Bubble-pen nanolithography produces precise patterns of nanoparticles on a plasmonic substrate
Tiny Tubes Do Speedy Cleanup
Micromotor device cleans up wastewater pollutants by using them for fuel