This insect-inspired ordered monolayer of hollow carbon spheres may be a new, green and extremely lightweight antireflective coating that almost perfectly absorbs microwave radiation.
Posted: Jan 6th, 2016
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Launching a novel means to train a diverse workforce to develop nanomedicine: The Nanomedicine Academy of Minority Serving Institutions.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have developed a new strategy for fabricating atomically controlled carbon nanostructures used in molecular carbon-based electronics.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new material composite derived from quantum dots. These lipoprotein nanoplatelets are rapidly taken up by cells and retain their fluorescence, making them particularly well-suited for imaging cells and understanding disease mechanisms.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Bacteria streaming through a lattice behave like electrons in a magnetic material.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Detecting individual particles of light just got a bit more precise - by 74 picoseconds to be exact - thanks to advances in fabricating superconducting nanowires.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Production of oxidation-resistant copper alloy nanoparticles by electrical explosion of wire for printed electronics.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
Read moreFor the first time, electron tomography reveals the 3D coordinates of individual atoms and defects in a material.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Graphene can simplify production of heavy water and help clean nuclear waste by filtering different isotopes of hydrogen, new research indicates.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Scientists have successfully developed the world's smallest nanomagnet, a single-digit nanosize hard ferrite magnet composed of iron oxide. Being composed of iron and oxygen, the magnet is eco-friendly, low cost, and suitable for mass production.
Posted: Jan 5th, 2016
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Researchers are using M. thermoacetica to perform photosynthesis - despite being non-photosynthetic - and also to synthesize semiconductor nanoparticles in a hybrid artificial photosynthesis system for converting sunlight into valuable chemical products.
Posted: Jan 4th, 2016
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Researchers determined the interface strength between boron nitride nanotubes and epoxy and other polymers.
Posted: Jan 4th, 2016
Read moreScientists used electronic structure theory to explain how a mobile 'electronic adhesive' helps localized electrons communicate and interact with one another.
Posted: Jan 4th, 2016
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Combining bacterial genes and virus shell creates a highly efficient, renewable material used in generating power from water.
Posted: Jan 4th, 2016
Read moreResearchers discovered a new way to develop all-solid-state lithium batteries without a risk of conflagration or explosion. It is the method of melting the solid electrolyte and coating that melted electrolyte around the electrodes.
Posted: Jan 4th, 2016
Read moreNew study models adhesion force as key to contact between two rough, yet elastic, surfaces.
Posted: Jan 4th, 2016
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