Department of Physics

When 80 microns is enough

Should you care that scientists can control a baffling current? Their research results could someday affect your daily living.

Glass fibres with potential far beyond transmitting light

Fibre optics are at the heart of today’s communication systems, a number of medical devices and more. But when researchers put a silicon-germanium mix at the core of the fibre and treated it, they made something with potential far beyond transmitting light.

Student Elise Ramleth Østli og ph.d.-stipendiat Federico Mazzolo.

Super graphene can help treat cancer

Silver is often used as a coating on medical equipment used for chemotherapy. The problem is that this silver coating can break down drugs. Now, researchers have found a graphene coating that will help boost the effect of chemotherapy.

I ein heilt ny metode i produksjon av solceller, brukas mindre energi, billegare råvarer og urein silisum. Foto: Thinkstock

Cheaper silicon means cheaper solar cells

A new method of producing solar cells could reduce the amount of silicon per unit area by 90 per cent compared to the current standard. With the high prices of pure silicon, this will help cut the cost of solar power.

A spin on the future

The science of spintronics, where the spin of an electron is used to create new technologies, may hold the key to making ever faster and lighter consumer products.