Quickly capture tiny particles reacting
New method takes a snapshot every millisecond of groups of light-scattering particles, showing what happens during industrially relevant reactions.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Bandage with wearable nanogenerator promotes powerful healing
A new, low-cost wound dressing could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way. The method leverages energy generated from a patient's own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreArtificial magnetic field produces exotic behavior in graphene sheets
A new shows that the application of an electrical field to a bilayer graphene system produces an effect identical to that of an extremely intense magnetic field applied to two aligned graphene sheets.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreSwitching identities: Revolutionary insulator-like material also conducts electricity
Researchers have made a material that can transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to a nonconducting insulating material without changing its atomic structure.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreWith these nanoparticles, a simple urine test could diagnose bacterial pneumonia
Results could also indicate whether antibiotics have successfully treated the infection.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read morePotential nanocarrier arthritis treatment prevents cartilage breakdown
Injectable material made of nanoscale particles can deliver arthritis drugs throughout cartilage.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreNew gold nanoparticle catalyst produces cheap hydrogen
Chemists have discovered cheaper and more efficient materials for producing hydrogen for the storage of renewable energy that could replace current water-splitting catalysts.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreBig results from small solutions: new method for analyzing metalloproteins
Metalloproteins (also known as metal-binding proteins) play vital roles in our bodies for oxygen transport and storage, electron transport, oxidation and reduction. A new method only needs a tiny liquid sample to analyze metalloproteins.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreAdding graphene to jute fibres could give natural alternative to man-made materials
Scientists have combined graphene with the natural fibre, jute, to create a world's first for graphene-strengthened natural jute fibre composites.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreResearchers remove silicon contamination from graphene to double its performance
A new study identifies silicon contamination as the root cause of disappointing results and details how to produce higher performing, pure graphene.
Nov 29th, 2018
Read moreNew device widens light beams by 400 times
Scientists have now developed a highly efficient device that enlarges the diameter of a light beam by 400 times. Wider light beams have many applications, including boosting the speed and sensitivity of medical imaging and diagnostic procedures.
Nov 28th, 2018
Read moreFlexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions
Researchers report a new method that creates an ultrathin, stretchable electronic skin, which could be used for a variety of human-machine interactions.
Nov 28th, 2018
Read moreGold nanoparticle microsecond tracking with atomic-level localization precision
By using newly developed annular illumination total internal reflection dark-field microscopy, researchers have succeeded in achieving atomic-level, 1.3 angstrom localization precision with gold nanoparticles at 1 millisecond time resolution.
Nov 28th, 2018
Read moreNanoscale blood test technique set to springboard cancer discoveries
A technique to get more information from the blood of cancer patients than previously possible has been developed.
Nov 28th, 2018
Read moreInterfacial electronic state improving hydrogen storage capacity in Pd-MOF materials
Discovery that the transfer of a charge equivalent to 0.4 electrons contributes to doubled hydrogen storage may expedite the development of new hybrid materials.
Nov 28th, 2018
Read moreA golden age for particle analysis
Process engineers have developed a method which allows the size and shape of nanoparticles in dispersions to be determined considerably quicker than ever before.
Nov 28th, 2018
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