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How fullerite becomes harder than diamond

Carbon spheres in fullerite may be packed in different ways, and the hardness of the material strongly depends on how the fullerenes are connected to each other.

Mar 16th, 2017

A golden discovery for wearable technology

Some day, your smartphone might completely conform to your wrist, and when it does, it might be covered in pure gold.

Mar 16th, 2017

Using gold coating to control luminescence of nanowires

Physicists manipulate nanowire semiconductors in pursuit of making electronics smaller, faster and cheaper.

Mar 16th, 2017

The repulsion trick: A self-solving puzzle for organic molecules

Researchers have succeeded in controlling the growth of organic molecules using a special trick. Molecules that repel each other play a key role in this process: due to their opposing forces, they always keep a certain distance from their neighbours.

Mar 16th, 2017

Nanoparticle paves the way for new triple negative breast cancer drug

Researchers have developed a potential new drug to tackle the highly aggressive 'triple negative' breast cancer - and a nanoparticle to deliver it directly into the cancer cells.

Mar 16th, 2017

Block copolymer micellization as a protection strategy for DNA origami

Scientists have developed a method to protect DNA origami structures from decomposition in biological media. This protection enables future applications in nanomedicine or cell biology.

Mar 16th, 2017

Novel nozzle saves crystals

Double flow concept widens spectrum for protein crystallography.

Mar 16th, 2017

What is happening inside nanocages for gold nanoparticles?

To disclose molecular processes behind AuNP growth in protein nanocages, a group of biomolecular engineers used high-resolution crystallography and analyzed the formation of Au nanoclusters in ferritin.

Mar 16th, 2017

Green Diamond - The future of power electronics

GreenDiamond, with its 14 partners, is a European Horizon 2020 project to develop breakthrough 10 kV diamond transistor technology for sustainable high power electronics.

Mar 16th, 2017

A groundbreaking process for creating ultra-selective separation membranes

Discovery could greatly improve energy-efficiency of separation and purification processes in the chemical and petrochemical industries.

Mar 15th, 2017

Optical fingerprint can reveal pollutants in the air

Researchers have proposed a new, sophisticated method of detecting molecules with sensors based on ultra-thin nanomaterials.

Mar 15th, 2017

Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for electronics and photonics

A research team has observed the counterintuitive motion of electrons during experiments. Because this sort of quantum transport is very efficient, it could play a key role in a new type of manmade material that could be used someday in solar cells and electronics.