Scientists have discovered a path that could lead to shape-shifting ceramic materials. This discovery could improve everything from medical devices to electronics.
Nov 18th, 2021
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A new 3D printing technology makes the production of complex metallic objects at the nanoscale possible. A team of chemists has developed an electrochemical technique that can be used to make objects out of copper just 25 nanometres in diameter.
Nov 18th, 2021
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With a new chip, researchers can analyze more than 1,000 proteins in 108 single cells in one day.
Nov 18th, 2021
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Researchers have uncovered the quantitative explanation for magnetic symmetry breaking during domain wall motion, a contribution to the fundamental physics of technology needed to build faster computers.
Nov 18th, 2021
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Scientists make a surprising discovery: A catalyst seems to contradict usual laws and can exhibit completely different activity states at the same time.
Nov 18th, 2021
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In this study, by using femtosecond photoluminescence up-conversion and transient absorption spectroscopy, the researchers for the first time directly and dynamically observed the ultrafast and highly efficient exciton dissociation in 2D perovskites.
Nov 18th, 2021
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This study not only develops a highly efficient electrocatalyst toward electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction, but also offers a new prospect for the rational design and construction of 3D porous MXene-based aerogel materials for diverse applications in energy storage and conversion, gas adsorption and separation, and catalysis.
Nov 18th, 2021
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Researchers unexpectedly discovered a combination of contact and non-contact thermal microscopy techniques that can be used to probe thermal transport properties at the nanoscale. With it, they obtained, for the first time, high-quality thermal images of self-assembled monolayers of small organic molecules.
Nov 17th, 2021
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Magnetene could have useful applications as a lubricant in implantable devices or other micro-electro-mechanical systems.
Nov 17th, 2021
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In a proof-of-concept study, researchers made fish-shaped microrobots that are guided with magnets to cancer cells, where a pH change triggers them to open their mouths and release their chemotherapy cargo.
Nov 17th, 2021
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Scientists argue that the emission of carbonaceous nanoparticles needs to be a research and industrial priority for the future of combustion devices and new material applications.
Nov 17th, 2021
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A copper surface coated with thin films helps to create useful chemicals from a polluting greenhouse gas.
Nov 17th, 2021
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In the Nanocar Race, the vehicles are molecules driven by the tip of scanning tunnelling microscope on a gold surface track.
Nov 17th, 2021
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Innovative fabric enables digital communication between wearers, nearby devices.
Nov 17th, 2021
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New research shows that tiny capsules called polymersomes could be used to carry bug-killing antibiotics right to the site where the bacteria grow inside the cells.
Nov 16th, 2021
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Researchers demonstrate how fabrication of thin films of a particular perovskite in different environments leads to altered electronic properties. This flexibility allows for the development of films with tunable electronic properties, opening doors to a wide variety of next generation electronic devices.
Nov 16th, 2021
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