Researchers have developed a wearable sensor that can detect illegal drugs in sweat by using nanomaterials technology that amplify the optical signal of narcotics to a flexible, body-worn material.
Feb 8th, 2021
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Scientists have developed a new material, that when electricity is applied to it, can flex and bend forty times more than its competitors, opening the way to better micro machines.
Feb 8th, 2021
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Researchers have invented the equivalent of 'body armour' for extremely fragile quantum systems, which will make them robust enough to be used as the basis for a new generation of low-energy electronics.
Feb 8th, 2021
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Nanoparticles can be furnished with dyes and could be used for new imaging techniques, researchers show in a recent study.
Feb 8th, 2021
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Researchers found that bubble movement was qualitatively different depending on the range of bubble sizes present. Along with analogies with soft-jammed materials, these findings may inspire the design of new foam materials for industry.
Feb 6th, 2021
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Scientists have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular component that can further tune the electronic property of perovskites.
Feb 5th, 2021
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A new technique reveals the forces involved at the cellular level during biological tissue formation and growth processes. The technique could be useful in better understanding how these processes work, and in studying how they may respond to environmental toxins or drug therapies.
Feb 5th, 2021
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A newly developed material not only quickly and selectively indicates the presence of ozone, but also simultaneously renders the gas harmless.
Feb 5th, 2021
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Scientists demonstrate high-performance gas molecule confinement with nanoporous boron nitride, promising to replace standard porous carbon in future.
Feb 5th, 2021
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By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using graphene's unique quantum degree of freedom.
Feb 5th, 2021
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Researchers have developed three-dimensional component architectures based on novel, printable thermoelectric materials. This might be a milestone on the way towards use of inexpensive thermoelectric generators.
Feb 5th, 2021
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Inductors are set to join other electronic components in being miniaturized thanks to a quantum effect.
Feb 5th, 2021
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A 'FROC' can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously, a breakthrough in optical coating.
Feb 5th, 2021
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A new nanoimaging technique that will allow researchers to test and identify novel 2D materials in a comprehensive way at the nanoscale for the first time.
Feb 5th, 2021
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Scientists reveal peculiar surface structure in materials resembling quasicrystals with interesting implications for its magnetic properties.
Feb 4th, 2021
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Scientists have succeeded in synthesizing macroscopic carbons that are similar in handling to common technical catalysts.
Feb 4th, 2021
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