Open-source microfluidics for the masses
New open-source website features blueprints for lab-on-a-chip devices.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
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Shining light on low-energy electrons
Researchers have devised a new way to examine the movement of low-energy electrons that can adversely impact electronic systems and biological tissue.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreHelium droplets offer new precision to single-molecule laser measurement
New research using single molecules suspended in ultra-cold helium droplets demonstrates better precision in measuring alignment than traditional gas-phase approaches.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreOptoelectronic inline measurement - accurate to the nanometer
The European INSPIRE project aims to develop inline sensors with a new accuracy class.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreNanoparticles: What is their fate and how do they change?
A new research project examines airborne particle mixtures and their possible effects on health.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreSilver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors
Researchers have now managed to pinpoint what happens when light is absorbed by extremely small nanoclusters of silver atoms. The results may have useful application in the development of biosensors and in imaging.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreGraphene membranes for the nuclear industry
Scientists have shown that using graphene filters could be a significantly more energy-efficient and scalable method of heavy water production.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreA nanogroove metasurface for submolecular detection
Researchers designed a hyperbolic metasurface with a nanogroove structure in the subwavelength scale. Its enhanced plasmonic sensing performance is two orders of
magnitude higher than those with current state-of-art plasmonic metamaterials and metasurfaces.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreNanoparticle aggregates for destruction of cancer cells
An international team has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreJagged platinum nanowires double the record for reaction critical to fuel cell performance
Researchers have developed a leaching process to produce ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires. The wires have with extraordinary surface activity and high surface areas. Combined, these features deliver a catalyst with a record-high conversion rate.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreActive implants: How gold binds to silicone rubber
Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones. Researchers have now been able to modify short-chain silicones in a way, that they build strong bonds to gold atoms.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreAmazing spintronics
Using spins as elementary units in computing and highly efficient electronics is the ultimate goal of spintronic science because of spintronics minimal energy use. In a new study, researchers manipulated and amplified the spin current through the design of the layered structures, a vital step towards this goal.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreResearchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
When a carbon dioxide experiment didn't match with what theorists predicted, researchers went back to the drawing board and discovered something new.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreNanophotonic system allows optical 'deep learning'
Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreNanoelectronic barcoding on lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants
Engineers have invented biosensor technology - known as a lab on a chip - that could be used in hand-held or wearable devices to monitor your health and exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses and pollutants.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreChemists perform surgery on nanoparticles
The site-specific method could allow chemists to manipulate nanoparticles' properties.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2017
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