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Coconuts and lemons enable a wood that stores heat and regulates indoor temperature

A building material that combines coconuts, lemons and modified wood could one day be enough to heat and cool your home. The three renewable sources provide the key components of a wood composite thermal battery.

March 30, 2023 Read more

Using nanodiamonds to create intracellular sensors

Optically trapped nanodiamonds could be used to measure temperature, magnetic fields and other properties inside living cells.

March 30, 2023 Read more

Can a solid be a superfluid? Engineering a novel supersolid state from layered 2D materials

Physicists predict that layered electronic 2D semiconductors can host a curious quantum phase of matter called the supersolid. This counterintuitive quantum material simultaneously forms a rigid crystal, and yet at the same time allows particles to flow without friction, with all the particles belonging to the same single quantum state.

March 30, 2023 Read more

Magnon-based computation could signal computing paradigm shift

A breakthrough in the field of magnonics allows researchers to send and store data using charge-free magnetic waves, rather than traditional electron flows. The discovery could solve the dilemma of energy-hungry computing technology in the age of big data.

March 29, 2023 Read more

Discovery of a new topological phase could lead to exciting developments in nanotechnology

Researchers have discovered a new topological phase in a two-dimensional system, which could be used as a new platform for exploring topological physics in nanoscale devices.

March 29, 2023 Read more

Accelerating diabetic wound healing with innovative metal selenide ROS biocatalysts

Researchers have developed an effective nanomedicine for catalytic ROS-scavenging and ultrafast healing of inflammatory wounds. This groundbreaking work holds the potential to pave the way for developing artificial biocatalysts to treat chronic inflammatory diseases, ultimately improving the lives of millions of diabetic patients worldwide.

March 29, 2023 Read more

Nanoencapsulation strategy to protect bioactive compounds from food during digestion

Scientists combined substances extracted from fruit residues and egg white to package nanoparticles of anthocyanin, a plant pigment with antioxidant action.

March 29, 2023 Read more

Highly charged ions melt nano gold nuggets

Tiny structures made of gold can be specifically manipulated by ion bombardment - surprisingly, the decisive factor is not the force of the impact.

March 29, 2023 Read more

Detecting pollutants at ultra-trace levels

Material scientists develop nano-structured and reusable substrate for ultra-sensitive detection of low-concentration analytes.

March 28, 2023 Read more

Recent progress of OFET technology

A recent review takes a look at the progress of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and their potential applications in flexible electronics. The authors explore the recent progress of OFET technology and some of the exciting, flexible electronic applications addressed by it.

March 28, 2023 Read more

Biomolecules: Trying nanometer measurement for size

As part of a comparative international study, researchers have successfully tested and validated a method of investigating dynamic protein structures.

March 28, 2023 Read more

Modern origami method creates glass shapes by folding

Chemical engineers have extended the centuries-old practice to produce intricate shapes made of glass or other hard materials. Their thoroughly modern method, which can be combined with 3D printing, could have applications ranging from sculpture to catalysis and beyond.

March 28, 2023 Read more

Nanophysics: the right twist

Stacked layers of ultrathin semiconductor materials feature phenomena that can be exploited for novel applications. Physicists have now studied effects that emerge by giving two layers a slight twist.

March 28, 2023 Read more

How football-shaped molecules occur in the universe

For a long time it has been suspected that fullerene and its derivatives could form naturally in the universe. An international team of researchers has now shown how this reaction works.

March 27, 2023 Read more

Understanding the protein corona - implications for nanomedicine and environmental health

A timely review covers the current state of protein corona research in nanomedicine, highlights challenges in research methodology and characterization, and discusses the role of artificial intelligence in advancing the field.

March 27, 2023 Read more

Proper electronic structure of near-infrared absorbing functional dyes discovered

These newly discovered characteristics are expected to be utilized to develop new near-infrared absorbing dyes that can absorb longer wavelength near-infrared light.

March 27, 2023 Read more