Scientists have made a discovery that will impact the design of not only drug delivery systems, but also the development of newer applications in water filtration and energy production.
May 17th, 2018
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The detection of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores.
May 17th, 2018
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A piezoelectric ceramic foam supported by a flexible polymer support provides a 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezo composites.
May 17th, 2018
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Researchers report that magnetite nanoparticles, which are mechanically rotated by external oscillating magnetic fields, could disturb the water/crystal interface and promote supercooling during the freezing process.
May 17th, 2018
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Transparent hybrid film that changes color with humidity via a novel mechanism.
May 17th, 2018
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A group of physicists has developed a magnetic material that employs a unique structure - a honeycomb lattice that exhibits distinctive electronic properties.
May 16th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a technique to manipulate the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, bringing the material one step closer to being a viable semiconductor for use in today's electronic devices.
May 16th, 2018
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Scientists have developed small and extremely sensitive gas sensors for acetone, ammonia, and isoprene - all metabolic products that we emit in low concentrations via our breath or skin. They combined these sensors in a device with two commercial sensors for CO2 and moisture.
May 16th, 2018
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Chemists embark on a project to ultimately produce devices that operate mechanically on direct exposure to light.
May 16th, 2018
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Novel method transfers superior nanoscale mechanics to macroscopic fibers.
May 16th, 2018
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Physicists generate attosecond electron pulses with laser light.
May 16th, 2018
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Cresols disperse carbon nanotubes at unprecedentedly high concentrations.
May 15th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a precise microscale manipulation method by rapidly flowing cell suspensions through a specially designed microchannel. This novel microfluidic device enables high-throughput sized-based cell sorting of a large amount of biological samples, which has broad applications in practical biomedical research and pharmaceutical fields.
May 15th, 2018
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Researchers have applied a new method to study nanoparticles made of cadmium telluride. They used a peculiar feature of this compound: its interaction with light differs depending on the magnetic field.
May 15th, 2018
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Scientists are one step closer to building a carbon-recycling system that can harvest solar energy to efficiently convert CO2 and water into liquid fuels. By optimizing many parts of the system, the researchers say, they can now drive two-electron chemical reactions, a substantial advance over one-electron reactions, which are energy inefficient.
May 15th, 2018
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Research has shed new light on how an increasingly common consumer product component - silver nanoparticles - can potentially interfere with the treatment of wastewater.
May 15th, 2018
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