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Safely storing dangerous gasses in pores

A porous material, which opens to receive highly flammable acetylene and closes to release it, sidesteps the flaws of the existing storage method.

April 22, 2022 Read more

A luminescent material shines brighter by simultaneously stretching it and applying an electric field

Researchers have fabricated a flexible material that lights up brightly when stretched and/or when an electric field is applied. The results show promise for the development of bright, sustainable, stretchable devices for use, for example, as interactive skin displays and in soft robotics.

April 22, 2022 Read more

A solution to perovskite solar cell scalability problems

Scientists have found a way to overcome power loss and the manufacturing complexity of scaling up perovskite solar cells.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Cheaper solar cells could be on the way thanks to new materials

Adding ferrocenes into perovskite solar cells vastly improves their efficiency and stability.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Researchers use gold nanoparticles to develop accurate rapid test for viruses

Researchers have developed a rapid test for viruses that can deliver results as accurate as lab tests within 30 minutes.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Haber-Bosch at the atomic scale

Researchers have investigated the Haber-Bosch catalysis precursor at the atomic scale.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Light-driven membranes filter and destroy steroid hormone micropollutants

Researchers have developed a process for the photocatalytic degradation of these pollutants when they flow through polymer membranes. Irradiation with light triggers a chemical reaction, as a result of which steroid hormones are degraded on the membranes coated with titanium dioxide.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Researchers demonstrate label-free super-resolution microscopy

Researchers have developed a new measurement and imaging approach that can resolve nanostructures smaller than the diffraction limit of light without requiring any dyes or labels.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Microdrones with light-driven nanomotors

Propelling micrometre-sized drones using light only and exerting precise control: Physicists have succeeded at this for the first time. Their microdrones are significantly smaller than red blood cells.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Atomic Terahertz-vibrations solve the enigma of ultrashort soliton molecules

Solitons often combine into pairs with very short temporal separation. Introducing atomic vibrations in the terahertz range, researchers have now solved the puzzle of how these temporal links are formed.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Wearable material can generate electricity by capturing energy from body movements

Clothing that can sense our health, communicate information with others, and generate electricity may soon be hitting the market.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Scientists develop low-cost, high-precision fabrication method for thin mirrors and silicon wafers

A novel photolithography technique could be a manufacturing game-changer for optical applications.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Revolutionary images of the birth of crystals

Scientists have succeeded in visualizing crystal nucleation - the stage that precedes crystallization - that was invisible until now.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Spintronics goes chiral

Researchers have launched a joint project to investigate novel materials for spintronics.

April 21, 2022 Read more

Molecular robots work cooperatively in swarms (w/video)

In a global first, scientists have demonstrated that molecular robots are able to accomplish cargo delivery by employing a strategy of swarming, achieving a transport efficiency five times greater than that of single robots.

April 20, 2022 Read more

Multifunctional graphene-based composites oriented by roles of graphene in photocatalysis

A new review article discusses the optimization strategies and synthesis of multifunctional graphene-based composite photocatalysts.

April 20, 2022 Read more