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New catalyst that can split water into hydrogen almost as good as platinum, but less costly

A ruthenium-based material works almost as efficient as platinum and likely shows the highest catalytic performance without being affected by the pH of the water.

Feb 15th, 2017

Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?

Engineering researchers have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpensive mass production of smart fabric.

Feb 15th, 2017

Graphene from soybeans

A new production technology grows graphene film in ambient air with a natural precursor, making its production faster and simpler.

Feb 15th, 2017

Graphene interface engineering for large area, high efficiency solar cells

Researchers are using graphene and related materials to engineer the interfaces between solar cell layers.

Feb 15th, 2017

Metal-organic frameworks used as looms

To produce cloths from monomolecular threads, scientists used SURMOFs, i.e. surface-mounted metal-organic frameworks.

Feb 15th, 2017

Interface between insulators enables information transport by spin

Researchers have demonstrated the transport of spin information at room temperature in a remarkable material system.

Feb 15th, 2017

An old rock teaches us new tricks to fabricate van der Waals heterostructures

Scientists have found out that franckeite, a mineral belonging to the sulfosalts family, shows a natural crystal structure similar to the manmade van der Waals heterostructures.

Feb 15th, 2017

High-resolution biomolecule imaging

Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can't match.

Feb 15th, 2017

A new nanoparticle contrast agent for MRI

New iron oxide nanoparticles could help avoid a rare side effect caused by current contrast agents.

Feb 14th, 2017

Turning up the heat for perfect (nano)diamonds

Researchers are taking rough, defective diamonds and using high temperatures to perfect them for quantum sensing.

Feb 14th, 2017

New sensor made from carbon nanoparticles synthesized from cellulose

By making use of a source of cellulose, such as newspapers, and sugar to synthesize carbon nanoparticles, researchers have developed a material that could be used as a sensor as its components respond to various stimuli.

Feb 14th, 2017

Scientists to develop space-based quantum-dot spectrometer

A NASA technologist has teamed with the inventor of a new nanotechnology that could transform the way space scientists build spectrometers, the all-important device used by virtually all scientific disciplines to measure the properties of light emanating from astronomical objects, including Earth itself.