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Innovative plasma polymer nanoparticles for bioactivating inert materials

Plasma polymer nanoparticles offer a novel solution for bioactivating inert materials, overcoming limitations of conventional plasma treatments and enabling diverse biomedical applications.

April 9, 2024 Read more

Breakthrough achieves electrically controlled polaritons at room temperature

Researchers successfully exerted electrical control over polaritons, hybridized light-matter particles, at room temperature.

April 9, 2024 Read more

Improving sodium ion batteries with mechanically robust nanocellular graphene

Discover how researchers developed crack-free nanocellular graphene, boosting electronic and energy devices, including sodium batteries.

April 9, 2024 Read more

Advances in adaptive, intelligent life-inspired materials

Researchers explore innovative approaches for developing life-inspired materials with advanced properties such as adaptivity, self-organization, and embodied intelligence.

April 8, 2024 Read more

Transition metal telluride nanosheets go from lab to mass production

New exfoliation process turns transition metal telluride nanosheets from lab curiosity to industrial reality, promising wide applications.

April 8, 2024 Read more

Brain-inspired computing may boil down to information transfer

Neuromorphic scientists aim to mimic the brain's efficient learning mechanism, with a new approach focusing on measuring information transfer.

April 8, 2024 Read more

Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring.

April 8, 2024 Read more

With the flick of a switch: Shaping cells with light

Researchers manipulate cell dynamics with colored lights for precise, reversible drug delivery, revolutionizing non-invasive treatment.

April 8, 2024 Read more

Tunable quantum dot microcavities could unlock scalable quantum photonics

A novel tunable microcavity deterministically coupled to single quantum dots achieves highly efficient, pure and indistinguishable single photon generation, overcoming key roadblocks to scalable quantum technologies.

April 7, 2024 Read more

A simple, inexpensive way to make carbon atoms bind together

Scientists uncover a cost-effective method for producing quaternary carbon molecules, which are critical for drug development.

April 7, 2024 Read more

Magnetic fields boost clean energy

Researchers show that using magnetic fields can boost electrocatalysis for sustainable fuel production by enhancing the movement of the reactants, which improves the efficiency of energy-related reactions.

April 7, 2024 Read more

Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight

Researchers develop an advanced, low-energy AI platform inspired by butterflies' ability to process sensory inputs more efficiently than current AI.

April 6, 2024 Read more

Flexible polymer nanostructures with unmatched surface area and strength

Researchers have created ultra-porous, lightweight polymer nanostructures with the highest surface area to date, enabling advances in catalysis, energy and optics.

April 6, 2024 Read more

Nanodevices can produce energy from evaporating tap or seawater

Nanoscale devices harnessing the hydroelectric effect can harvest electricity from the evaporation of fluids with higher ion concentrations than purified water, revealing a vast untapped energy potential.

April 5, 2024 Read more

Using ultrasound to probe antiferromagnets

Ultrasound can be used to explore the properties of magnetic materials that are promising for high-density data storage.

April 5, 2024 Read more

New micromaterial releases nanoparticles that selectively destroy cancer cells

Scientists developed micromaterials made up only of proteins, capable of delivering over an extended period of time nanoparticles that attack specific cancer cells and destroy them.

April 5, 2024 Read more