New material coating technology mimics nature's Lotus effect
Using a two-step technique, researchers produced a low-cost and simple approach for coating metallic surfaces with an enduring superhydrophobic film of copper.
Apr 21st, 2014
Read moreUsing a two-step technique, researchers produced a low-cost and simple approach for coating metallic surfaces with an enduring superhydrophobic film of copper.
Apr 21st, 2014
Read moreScientists have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they?re still in the ground.
Apr 21st, 2014
Read moreResearchers in AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre headquartered at Trinity College Dublin have, for the first time, developed a new method of producing industrial quantities of high quality graphene.
Apr 20th, 2014
Read moreResearchers report how they have expanded their design theory to allow Geckskin to adhere powerfully to a wider variety of surfaces found in most homes such as drywall, and wood.
Apr 18th, 2014
Read moreResearchers develop system that could one day peer into the atomic structure of individual molecules.
Apr 18th, 2014
Read moreNew research finds that impurities can hurt performance - or possibly provide benefits - in a key superconductive material that is expected to find use in a host of applications, including future particle colliders. The size of the impurities determines whether they help or hinder the material's performance.
Apr 18th, 2014
Read moreA significant breakthrough could revolutionize surgical practice and regenerative medicine. A team of researchers has just demonstrated that the principle of adhesion by aqueous solutions of nanoparticles can be used in vivo to repair soft-tissue organs and tissues.
Apr 18th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have shown how to switch a particular transition metal oxide, a lanthanum nickelate, from a metal to an insulator by making the material less than a nanometer thick.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have hit on a novel method to help kidney stone sufferers ensure they receive the correct and most effective treatment possible.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreA new nano-membrane made out of graphene is extremely light and breathable. Not only can this open the door to a new generation of functional waterproof clothing, but also to ultra-rapid filtration. The membrane is as thin as is technologically possible.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreA University of Texas at Arlington physicist working to create a luminescent nanoparticle to use in security-related radiation detection may have instead happened upon an advance in photodynamic cancer therapy.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreA team of physicists observed quantum superconductor-metal transition and superconducting glass.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreElectrically controlled glasses with continuously adjustable transparency, new polarisation filters, and even chemosensors capable of detecting single molecules of specific chemicals could be fabricated thanks to a new polymer unprecedentedly combining optical and electrical properties.
Apr 17th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have shown the ability to grow high quality, single-layer materials one on top of the other using chemical vapor deposition. This highly scalable technique, often used in the semiconductor industry, can produce new materials with unique properties that could be applied to solar cells, ultracapacitors for energy storage, or advanced transistors for energy efficient electronics, among many other applications.
Apr 16th, 2014
Read moreResearchers made a set of multicolor barcodes with different combinations of red, green or blue fluorescent dots on either end of a tiny lanthanide-containing microrod using an inexpensive process.
Apr 16th, 2014
Read moreEfficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key.
Apr 16th, 2014
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