Magnetic measurements reveal 'Kagome-Spin-Ice' state
Scientists found a new flavor of magnetic monopoles in a material which is even electrically conducting. This is the first realization of a state called kagome spin ice.
Mar 18th, 2020
Read moreScientists found a new flavor of magnetic monopoles in a material which is even electrically conducting. This is the first realization of a state called kagome spin ice.
Mar 18th, 2020
Read moreNew research describes a way to make electronic tattoo displays, which would likely be discarded after a single use, more environmentally friendly using a plentiful and biodegradable resource: fish scales.
Mar 18th, 2020
Read moreScientists found a way to amplify miRNA in live tumor cells for bioimaging. Their assay is based on a robust cellular autocatalytic biocircuit triggered by synthetic DNA and nanoparticles.
Mar 18th, 2020
Read moreResearchers reported the successful epitaxial growth of single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayers on a Cu (111) thin film across a two-inch c-plane sapphire wafer.
Mar 18th, 2020
Read moreResearchers developed a single-step method to obtain water-soluble fullerene compounds with remarkable biological properties, such as the ability to effectively suppress the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Mar 17th, 2020
Read moreScientists underline the importance of defect engineering to promote catalytic performance by providing a simple and efficient way for modifying and optimizing metal-free semiconductor photocatalyst graphitic carbon nitride to solve the dual problems of environmental pollution and lack of fossil resources.
Mar 17th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have developed a cheaper and more user-friendly cryo-electron microscope, which could ultimately put cryo-EM in reach of thousands of labs.
Mar 17th, 2020
Read moreA novel statistical model analyses an electron microscopy movie to reveal atomic rearrangements in nanoparticles over time.
Mar 17th, 2020
Read moreResearchers showed the possibility of blending two incompatible components -- a protein and a polymer -- in one electrospun fiber. The study also demonstrates that the resulting mat can gradually release the protein.
Mar 16th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique set of properties, which could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical procedures.
Mar 16th, 2020
Read moreA novel technology, capable of analyzing nanomaterials in our daily lives with the use of common 'salt' has been developed. This allows various molecules to amplify up to hundreds of times the signals they produce in response to light, thereby making them very useful for nanomaterial research.
Mar 13th, 2020
Read moreScientists discovered Majorana zero modes at both ends of 1D atomic line defects in two-dimensional iron-based high-temperature superconductors.
Mar 13th, 2020
Read moreNanoengineers offer a research roadmap that includes four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries - all-solid-state batteries - to commercialization.
Mar 13th, 2020
Read moreResearchers developed a three-dimensional hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst with carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide conversion rate up to 3.96 times higher than that of conventional nanoporous gold catalysts.
Mar 13th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have designed a system that can be used to make large quantities of the material while preserving its unique properties. The lab-scale reactor system can convert a ceramic precursor material into a pile of the powdery black MXene titanium carbide, in quantities as large as 50 grams per batch.
Mar 13th, 2020
Read moreThe new discovery removes water from the MXene-making process, which means the materials can be used in applications in which water is a contaminant or hampers performance, such as battery electrodes and next-generation solar cells.
Mar 13th, 2020
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