The nano research team led by professors Helge Weman and Bjørn-Ove Fimland at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) Department of Electronic Systems has succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from a nanomaterial that emits ultraviolet light. It is the first time anyone has created ultraviolet light on a graphene surface. “We’ve shown that it’s possible,…
When 80 Microns Is Enough
Should you care that scientists can control a baffling current? Their research results could someday affect your daily living. Physicists have managed to send and control a spin current across longer distances than ever before – and in a material that was previously considered unsuitable for the task. We’ll return to what that strange sentence…
The Day an American Military Base Flew into the Sea
Norwegian researchers are working on mapping the geology of Jan Mayen Island, Norway’s most northwesterly territory. In the process, they also found ruins from Atlantic City, an American base from the Second World War. During the Second World War, Jan Mayen Island was the only part of the Kingdom of Norway that the exiled government…
Smart Grid Can Help With Prime-Time Charging of EVs
Norway leads the world in new car sales of electric vehicles, but how will charging all those EVs affect the Norwegian energy supply? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are helping to develop Smart Grid solutions that will ease the crunch caused by powering our transportation with electricity. When people with EVs…
Super Graphene Helps Boost Chemotherapy Treatment
Chemotherapy treatment usually involves the patient receiving medicine through an intravenous catheter. These catheters, as well as the the equipment attached to them, are treated with a silver coating which is antibacterial, preventing bacterial growth and unwanted infections during a treatment. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) Department of Physics are…