Towards ultra-sensitive diagnostic chips
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin nanostructure gold film with the potential to revolutionise next-generation bio-sensing chips.
Jun 18th, 2020
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Graphdiyne as a functional lithium-ion storage material
Graphdiyne is as flat and thin as graphene, which is the one-atomic-layer-thin version of graphite, but it has a higher porosity and adjustable electronic properties. Researchers describe its simple bottom-up synthesis from tailor-made precursor molecules.
Jun 18th, 2020
Read moreMolecular robot swarms
Scientists are looking for ways to make millions of molecule-sized robots swarm together so they can perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
Jun 18th, 2020
Read moreLaser technology: The turbulence and the comb
So-called frequency combs play a major role in laser research today. Scientists now succeeded in producing this special kind of light, using simple circular quantum cascade lasers - a result that seemed to contradict conventional laser theories completely.
Jun 18th, 2020
Read more2D Metallene electrocatalysts developed for electrochemical CO2 reduction
As a newly emerging two-dimensional material, the metallenes with ultrathin morphology will enable a superhigh atomic utilization for catalysis, leading to the partial homogenization of such heterogeneous catalysts, presenting great potentials in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction.
Jun 18th, 2020
Read moreNanosafety research without animal experiments
In order to reduce the number of animal experiments in research, researchers are now combining test tube experiments with mathematical modelling.
Jun 18th, 2020
Read moreAdhesive film turns smartwatch into biochemical health monitoring system
Engineers have designed a thin adhesive film that could upgrade a consumer smartwatch into a powerful health-monitoring system. The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what's happening inside the body.
Jun 18th, 2020
Read moreNew discovery allows 3D printing of sensors directly on expanding organs
In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreCan metallic metasurfaces be used for terahertz nanofilm sensing?
Scientists have proposed a toroidal dipole (TD) bound states in the continuum (BIC) inspired Fano resonance metasurface, exhibiting both TD and BIC feature in the same structure.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreSelf-powered 'paper chips' could help sound an early alarm for forest fires
Researchers have developed self-powered 'paper chips' that sense early fires and relay a signal.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreMacroscopic quantum interference in an ultra-pure metal
Although the subtle laws of quantum mechanics, that is, wave mechanics, ultimately govern all the processes of electron transportelectrons in solids, their wave-like nature of the electrons is not often apparent to the casual observer. A classical picture of electrons as solid particles goes surprisingly far in explaining electric currents in metals.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreCustom-built to ready-made
A project that revolutionizes photonic systems.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreBuilding better bridges for moving energy with DNA
Precisely positioning molecules on wire-like DNA assemblies allows high efficiency energy transfer.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreLEGO construction of nanoparticle assemblies
Designing new levels of complex architectures using DNA strands and nanoparticles.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreNanosponges could intercept coronavirus infection
Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.
Jun 17th, 2020
Read moreUsing tiny electrodes to measure electrical activity in bacteria
Scientists have developed an organic electrochemical transistor that they can use to measure and study in fine detail a phenomenon known as extracellular electron transfer in which bacteria release electrons.
Jun 17th, 2020
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