Researchers have developed a nanofiber membrane that can be sandwiched between the cloth pieces in a homemade mask. These nanofibers make regular cloth masks as strong as N95 masks.
Oct 22nd, 2020
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Novel technique visualizes individual atoms in a protein with cryo electron microscopy for the first time.
Oct 22nd, 2020
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A new review summarizes the developments in the emerging field of loose nanofiltration, and provides guidance to improve the fabrication of loose nanofiltration membranes and facilitate their applications in resource recovery.
Oct 22nd, 2020
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Researchers succeeded in developing a material that works like a luminescent solar concentrator and can even be applied to textiles. This opens up numerous possibilities for producing energy directly where it is needed, i.e. in the use of everyday electronics.
Oct 22nd, 2020
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Researchers have identified how oxygen affects the synthesis of a novel MOF.
Oct 22nd, 2020
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Researchers have developed a flexible film that changes color in response to stretching, pressure or humidity.
Oct 21st, 2020
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Researchers reveal the material components - and their nano- and microscale blueprints - that make the diabolical ironclad beetle so indestructible, while also demonstrating how engineers can benefit from these designs.
Oct 21st, 2020
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Researchers have invented a new way to deposit thin layers of atoms as a coating onto a substrate material at near room temperatures.
Oct 21st, 2020
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A researcher is testing new ways to spin liquid crystals into fibers that could be used in camouflage clothing or to create cleaning wipes that can detect the presence of bacteria.
Oct 21st, 2020
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Researchers are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging. The team used some architectural features from spider webs and combined it with organic-dye-sensitized graphene hybrid composites to develop the technology.
Oct 21st, 2020
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Could a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen? An international study opens a new route to high-temperature supercurrents at temperatures as 'warm' as inside a kitchen fridge.
Oct 21st, 2020
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Researchers have created new graphene and silicon Schottky contact-based infrared radiation sensors that are more effective than the infrared sensors currently used in the market.
Oct 20th, 2020
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Material scientists have presented antibacterial nano-coatings based on boron nitride, which are highly effective against microbial pathogens (up to 99.99%). They can become a safe alternative to the usual antibiotics in implantology since they do not have typical negative side effects.
Oct 20th, 2020
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Further development of this technique will lead to novel methods to predict stages of manifestation of diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, and fibrosis from simple tissue fluids or blood samples.
Oct 20th, 2020
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For the first time, researchers have successfully described the impact water molecules have on other water molecules and on ions as part of the filtration mechanism. The researchers detail a feedback system between water molecules which opens up new design possibilities for highly selective membranes.
Oct 20th, 2020
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Physicists have developed an integrated circuit using magnetic material and magnons to transmit binary data, the 1s and 0s that form the foundation of today's computers and smartphones.
Oct 20th, 2020
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