Scientists find that holes can also improve technology, including medical devices. They describe an entirely new way to make a solar cell: by etching holes in the top layer to make it porous.
Jun 8th, 2022
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A nanoantenna design produces possibly the most saturated and brightest reds with about 80% reflectance, exceeding the red vertex in sRGB and even the cadmium red pigment.
Jun 7th, 2022
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The new insulating material is an aerogel integrated wood which is made without adding additional substances.
Jun 7th, 2022
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Scientists develop method that promotes uniform drying of particle-containing liquids.
Jun 7th, 2022
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Physicists have designed a framework that allows scientists to observe interactions between light and electrons using a traditional scanning electron microscope. The procedure is considerably cheaper than the technology that has been used to date, and also enables a wider range of experiments.
Jun 7th, 2022
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Researchers developed yolk-shell nanocrystals consisting of a gold core with various semiconductor shells using a novel sequential ion-exchange process. These metal-semiconductor yolk-shell nanocrystals can serve as highly effective photocatalysts for many applications.
Jun 7th, 2022
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Researchers have developed a nanosensor for detecting pesticides on fruit in just a few minutes. The technique uses flame-sprayed nanoparticles made from silver to increase the signal of chemicals.
Jun 7th, 2022
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Scientists report a new nanoparticle-based treatment that delivers anti-inflammatory molecules and antibiotics.
Jun 6th, 2022
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Combining platinum with liquid gallium could be the 'cool' catalyst for a sustainable revolution in industrial chemistry, and it's just a drop in the liquid metal ocean of similar systems.
Jun 6th, 2022
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Models show unique properties of 2D materials stressed by contoured substrates.
Jun 6th, 2022
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Researchers are a step closer to building molecular machines capable of responding to changes in their environment to perform complex function.
Jun 6th, 2022
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Researchers have succeeded in producing a coating material that can be written on using UV light and the writing erased again using oxygen. Changes to rewritable paper could help reduce paper waste in a wide variety of applications.
Jun 4th, 2022
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To create their chip, researchers removed the four main time-consuming culprits in the traditional computer chip: the conversion of optical to electrical signals, the need for converting the input data to binary format, a large memory module, and clock-based computations.
Jun 4th, 2022
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Researchers have created a new type of fiber that can perform like a muscle actuator, in many ways better than other options that exist today. And, most importantly, these muscle-like fibers are simple to make and recycle.
Jun 3rd, 2022
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Inspired by the structure of muscles, an innovative new strategy for creating fiber actuators could lead to advances in robotics, prosthetics, and smart clothing.
Jun 3rd, 2022
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Researchers have demonstrated a new technique to measure the quantum excitations in superconducting materials with atomic precision for the first time. Detecting these excitations is an important step towards understand exotic superconductors, which could help us improve quantum computers and perhaps even pave the way towards room-temperature superconductors.
Jun 3rd, 2022
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