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Weaving a catalyst

Popular aluminum oxide created by interlacing different crystal forms.

Nov 20th, 2014

Paper electronics could make health care more accessible

Flexible electronic sensors based on paper have the potential to cut the price of a wide range of medical tools, from helpful robots to diagnostic tests. Scientists have now developed a fast, low-cost way of making these sensors by directly printing conductive ink on paper.

Nov 19th, 2014

Successful first year for the Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project

In their two day annual meeting, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from 22-24 October 2014, 35 partners from 12 EU countries presented their exiting results of the first 12 months of the SUN - Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project.

Nov 19th, 2014

Giving LEDs a cozy, warm glow

Researchers have found a novel way to ensure the lights of the future not only are energy efficient but also emit a cozy warmth.

Nov 19th, 2014

Thin film produces new chemistry in 'nanoreactor'

Physicists have discovered a new manganese compound that is produced by tension in the crystal structure of terbium manganese oxide. The technique they used to create this new material could open the way to new nanoscale circuits.

Nov 19th, 2014

Biochemists build largest synthetic molecular 'cage' ever

New nanoscale protein container could lead to synthetic vaccines and offer a way to deliver medicine inside of human cells.

Nov 19th, 2014

Spiraling light, nanoparticles and insights into life's structure

As hands come in left and right versions that are mirror images of each other, so do the amino acids and sugars within us. But unlike hands, only the left-oriented amino acids and the right-oriented sugars ever make into life as we know it.

Nov 19th, 2014

Researchers convert agricultural waste to high-value silicon carbide

Scientists are aware that these agricultural wastes have significantly high silica content in a molecular state, similar to hydrocarbons. Armed with that knowledge, researchers have discovered that these agricultural waste products can be economically transformed into silicon carbide consisting of nanostructures and nanorods in various polytypes.

Nov 19th, 2014

Researchers advance understanding of atomically thin crystal growth

The scientists focused on the role of epilayer-substrate interactions in determining orientational relations in van der Waals epitaxy.

Nov 19th, 2014

Injectable treatment to prevent blood loss from serious internal injuries

Internal bleeding is a leading cause of death on the battlefield, but a new, injectable material could buy wounded soldiers the time they need to survive by preventing blood loss from serious internal injuries.

Nov 19th, 2014

Protein-engineered cages aid studies of cell functions

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have engineered protein cages for delivering an important signalling molecule, carbon monoxide, into cells.

Nov 19th, 2014

Scientists get to the heart of fool's gold as a solar material

Theoretically, iron pyrite could do the job, but when it works at all, the conversion efficiency remains frustratingly low. Now, a research team explains why that is, in a discovery that suggests how improvements in this promising material could lead to inexpensive yet efficient solar cells.