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Tiny antenna enables portable biomedical, food-analysis, and other gadgets driven by integrated nano- and terahertz technologies

The antenna presented in the new study is just 0.3 millimeters thick - 20 times thinner than the cumbersome silicon lens plaguing earlier designs.

February 9, 2022 Read more

Taking a look at nanobubbles

Scientists have taken a unique approach to characterize the dynamics of micro and submicron bubbles using a unique movie-mode dynamic transmission electron microscopy (MM-DTEM) system, which was specially built to image with short electron pulses generated by a highly tunable laser-pulse train.

February 9, 2022 Read more

New flexible and stretchy supercapacitors could boost 'battery' life for Internet of Things

Researchers show how a supercapacitor can be efficiently manufactured into a high-performance and low-cost power storage device that can be easily integrated into footwear, clothing, and accessories.

February 9, 2022 Read more

Harnessing sea pineapples and blood waste for metal-air-battery catalysts

Researchers have demonstrated that the carbonization of cellulose nanofibers within sea pineapple shells produces high-quality carbon that, when mixed with blood waste from the livestock industry, boasts electrical performances similar to that of rare metals.

February 9, 2022 Read more

High-resolution 3D study of pine pollen reveals nanofoams are key to surviving mass extinctions

Scientists have found that some pollen has survived mass extinctions thanks, in part, to its nanofoam wall structure. This may explain why the survival of certain plants. It is the first time scientists have described a biological nanofoam structure.

February 9, 2022 Read more

Scientists develop new thermofluidic process for lab-on-a-chip applications

Researchers have succeeded in moving tiny amounts of liquid at will by remotely heating water over a metal film with a laser. The currents generated in this way can be used to manipulate and even capture tiny objects.

February 9, 2022 Read more

Self-cleaning bioplastics repel liquid and dirt

New bioinspired plastic is sturdy and compostable, ideal for eco-friendly food packaging.

February 8, 2022 Read more

Self-assembling and complex, nanoscale mesocrystals can be tuned for a variety of uses

Researchers report to have found the key to controlled fabrication of cerium oxide mesocrystals. The research is a step forward in tuning nanomaterials that can serve a wide range of uses - including solar cells, fuel catalysts and even medicine.

February 8, 2022 Read more

Nano-Imaging, a project to develop safe, tissue-specific MRI contrast agents with no side effects

An ERC-Proof of Concept grant for a Nano-imaging project involving the development of new, tissue-specific magnetic resonance contrast agents.

February 8, 2022 Read more

Scientists develop conceptually new chip of lensless optical traps for lab-on-a-chip

The scientists showed that two dielectric micro-bricks could be applied instead of the lens. Unlike its alternatives, in the long run, such a trap can be used in lab-on-a-chips.

February 8, 2022 Read more

Nanowires under tension create the basis for ultrafast transistors

Researchers succeeded in experimentally demonstrating that electron mobility in nanowires is remarkably enhanced when the shell places the wire core under tensile strain. This phenomenon offers novel opportunities for the development of ultrafast transistors.

February 7, 2022 Read more

Columns designed from nanographenes

Several layers of nanographenes stacked on top of each other: such functional elements could one day be used in solar cells.

February 7, 2022 Read more

Biologists investigate smallest propeller on earth

Scientists have discovered new information about the tiny propellers used by single-cell organisms called archaea.

February 7, 2022 Read more

Making designer crystals? It's easier with a new targeted particle bonding strategy

Highly selective interactions between regions of hybrid polymer particles means they can be programmed to assemble into crystal superstructures.

February 4, 2022 Read more

Discovery unravels how atomic vibrations emerge in nanomaterials

Now there is definitive, experimental proof that at the nanoscale, the notion of multiple thin materials with distinct vibrations no longer holds. If the materials are thin, their atoms arrange identically, so that their vibrations are similar and present everywhere.

February 4, 2022 Read more

Nature's colors can replace toxic pigments

A peacock's colors are visible to the naked eye for reasons that are completely different than why we see them in paint. Using nature's approach to create dyes and colors can result in non-toxic substances.

February 4, 2022 Read more