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Stretchy plastic electrolytes could enable new lithium-ion battery design

Researchers have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.

Sep 10th, 2019

Nanowires replace Newton's famous glass prism

Scientists have designed an ultra-miniaturised device that could image single cells without the need for a microscope or make chemical fingerprint analysis possible from within a smartphone camera.

Sep 9th, 2019

Nanocapsules packed with gene-editing tools offer alternative to viral delivery of gene therapy

Scientists describe packing a gene-editing payload into a tiny, customizable, synthetic nanocapsule.

Sep 9th, 2019

Palladium nanosheets aid cancer therapy quest

Researchers have found a way to dispatch minute fragments of palladium - a key component in motor manufacture, electronics and the oil industry - inside cancerous cells.

Sep 9th, 2019

Getting a look under the hood of topological insulators

Because of topological insulators' unique electronic properties and their potential use in spintronic devices and even conceivably as transistors for quantum computers, scientists are interested in investigating the special relationship between two properties of the conducting surface electrons in these materials.

Sep 9th, 2019

All of YouTube in a single teaspoon: Storing information in DNA

Researchers have demonstrated a significant improvement in the efficiency of the process needed to store digital information in DNA.

Sep 9th, 2019

Metal-organic framework nanoribbons

Researchers report the preparation of ultrathin MOF nanoribbons by using metal hydroxide nanostructures as the precursors.

Sep 9th, 2019

Hard as a diamond? Scientists predict new forms of superhard carbon

A study identifies dozens of new carbon structures that are expected to be superhard, including some that may be about as hard as diamonds.

Sep 9th, 2019

The controlled delivery of chemotherapeutics to fight cancer stem cells

Researchers are investigating the efficiency of gold nanoclusters as drug carriers against cancer cells.

Sep 9th, 2019

Discovery of periodic tables for molecules

Scientists develop tables similar to the periodic table of elements but for molecules. Their approach could be used for predicting novel stable substances and creating useful materials.

Sep 9th, 2019

Synthesis of molecule with high magnetic spin

Chemists have synthesised and characterised ?-extended triangulene molecules with ferromagnetically coupled edge states for molecular spintronic devices.

Sep 9th, 2019

Nanoparticles in lithium-sulphur batteries detected with neutron experiment

Researchers have for the first time precisely analysed how nanoparticles of lithium sulphide and sulphur precipitate onto battery electrodes during the course of the charging cycle. The results can help increase the service life of lithium-sulphur batteries.