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Highly sensitive nanoimprinted sensor platform for faster, more accurate COVID-19 tests

Researchers say the sensor combines accuracy levels approaching that of PCR testing with the speed of rapid antigen tests, and could be used for mass testing at airports, schools, and hospitals.

March 29, 2022 Read more

Improving asphalt road pavement using engineered nano mineral composites

Researchers have developed a new, greener nano asphalt binder that produces a new type of asphalt which uses less energy and produces less vapours and greenhouse gas emissions.

March 29, 2022 Read more

Scientists achieve record efficiency for ultra-thin solar panels

Researchers successfully increased the levels of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, just one micrometre thick, convert light into electricity more efficiently than others as thin.

March 29, 2022 Read more

How glass learns to illuminate itself and create heat

Glass objects which glow in the dark, glass containers that heat up and cool down, or glass control knobs and switches that eliminate viruses and bacteria by themselves - all this seems to completely contradict our everyday experience of what glass can do. And yet, it is now within reach.

March 29, 2022 Read more

Nanofiber bandage that releases medication as soon as an infection starts

A bandage that releases medication as soon as an infection starts in a wound could treat injuries more efficiently. Researchers are currently working on polymer fibers that soften as soon as the environment heats up due to an infection, thereby releasing antimicrobial drugs.

March 29, 2022 Read more

Inhibiting the thermal quenching of high-efficiency quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes

Scientists have developed a passivation strategy for quasi-2D perovskite emitters to explore the relationship between defects and thermal quenching.

March 28, 2022 Read more

A new model to aid interpretation of atomic resolution molecular images

With the advent of cutting-edge apparatus that can image samples at the atomic scale, scientists found that traditional molecular models did not fit the images they saw. Researchers have devised a better way to visualize molecules building on these traditional methods.

March 28, 2022 Read more

Squid skin-inspired cup cozy will keep your hands cool and your coffee hot

Engineers develop method for economical mass production of insulating material.

March 28, 2022 Read more

An electronic nanofiber catheter to kill circulating tumor cells

Researchers have developed a flexible electronic catheter that integrates electrospun nanofibers with irreversible electroporation to achieve efficient circulating tumor cell enrichment and complete killing of circulating tumor cells.

March 28, 2022 Read more

Growing quantum dots in a regular arrangement

Researchers have decisively improved the manufacturing process for these tiny semiconductor structures. The quantum dots are generated on a wafer.

March 28, 2022 Read more

Metaphotonics gains intelligence

A new publiacation reviews the evaluation of metaphotonics induced by artificial intelligence and present a summary of the concepts of machine learning with some specific examples developed and demonstrated for metasystems and metasurfaces.

March 28, 2022 Read more

How deep learning can assist focused ion beam nanofabrication

Rsearchers show that deep learning can be used to simulate the postfabrication appearance of structures manufactured by FIB milling in the 2D projection of a scanning electron microscope image, as a very good indicator of process accuracy and quality.

March 26, 2022 Read more

Putting on 3D glasses: Digital twin accelerates development of better biofibres

A team of scientists has developed a so-called 'digital twin' for X-ray experiments and used it to study the production process of novel nanofibers.

March 26, 2022 Read more

The crucial role of functional motifs in material research unveiled

The traditional trial-and-error method in material research cannot meet the growing demand of various high-performance materials, and developing effective paradigm of material science is extremely urgent. Researchers propose a new research paradigm for material studies based on the 'functional motif' concept.

March 26, 2022 Read more

Scientists uncover surprising new clues to exotic superconductors' superpowers

Study leverages one of the most powerful magnets on Earth to probe a new model of a mysterious metal.

March 26, 2022 Read more

Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics

Semiconductor electronics is getting faster and faster - but at some point, physics no longer permits any increase. The shortest possible time scale of optoelectronic phenomena has now been investigated.

March 25, 2022 Read more