New method for material research gets hundred times stronger
Researchers have increased the sensitivity of an emerging spectroscopic method with promising applications for materials studies.
Sep 10th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have increased the sensitivity of an emerging spectroscopic method with promising applications for materials studies.
Sep 10th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.
Sep 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists have designed an ultra-miniaturised device that could image single cells without the need for a microscope or make chemical fingerprint analysis possible from within a smartphone camera.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreScientists describe packing a gene-editing payload into a tiny, customizable, synthetic nanocapsule.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have found a way to dispatch minute fragments of palladium - a key component in motor manufacture, electronics and the oil industry - inside cancerous cells.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreBecause of topological insulators' unique electronic properties and their potential use in spintronic devices and even conceivably as transistors for quantum computers, scientists are interested in investigating the special relationship between two properties of the conducting surface electrons in these materials.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated a significant improvement in the efficiency of the process needed to store digital information in DNA.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers report the preparation of ultrathin MOF nanoribbons by using metal hydroxide nanostructures as the precursors.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreA study identifies dozens of new carbon structures that are expected to be superhard, including some that may be about as hard as diamonds.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers are investigating the efficiency of gold nanoclusters as drug carriers against cancer cells.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreScientists develop tables similar to the periodic table of elements but for molecules. Their approach could be used for predicting novel stable substances and creating useful materials.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreChemists have synthesised and characterised ?-extended triangulene molecules with ferromagnetically coupled edge states for molecular spintronic devices.
Sep 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have for the first time precisely analysed how nanoparticles of lithium sulphide and sulphur precipitate onto battery electrodes during the course of the charging cycle. The results can help increase the service life of lithium-sulphur batteries.
Sep 6th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed an approach for precisely measuring changes in the magnetic order of antiferromagnetic materials in real time. Further understanding of these materials could enable electronic devices with speeds orders of magnitude higher.
Sep 6th, 2019
Read moreA new platinum-based catalytic system that is far more durable than traditional commercial systems and has a potentially longer lifespan. The new system could, over the long term, reduce the cost of producing fuel cells.
Sep 6th, 2019
Read moreScientists are pioneering new techniques to study materials growth and how structure relates to performance.
Sep 6th, 2019
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