Nanoparticle aggregates for destruction of cancer cells
An international team has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates.
Jun 13th, 2017
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Jagged platinum nanowires double the record for reaction critical to fuel cell performance
Researchers have developed a leaching process to produce ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires. The wires have with extraordinary surface activity and high surface areas. Combined, these features deliver a catalyst with a record-high conversion rate.
Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreActive implants: How gold binds to silicone rubber
Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones. Researchers have now been able to modify short-chain silicones in a way, that they build strong bonds to gold atoms.
Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreAmazing spintronics
Using spins as elementary units in computing and highly efficient electronics is the ultimate goal of spintronic science because of spintronics minimal energy use. In a new study, researchers manipulated and amplified the spin current through the design of the layered structures, a vital step towards this goal.
Jun 13th, 2017
Read moreResearchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
When a carbon dioxide experiment didn't match with what theorists predicted, researchers went back to the drawing board and discovered something new.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreNanophotonic system allows optical 'deep learning'
Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreNanoelectronic barcoding on lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants
Engineers have invented biosensor technology - known as a lab on a chip - that could be used in hand-held or wearable devices to monitor your health and exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses and pollutants.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreChemists perform surgery on nanoparticles
The site-specific method could allow chemists to manipulate nanoparticles' properties.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreNothing boring about the thinnest boron ever
Researchers made a sheet of boron only one atom thick with the potential to change solar panels, computers, and more.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreQuantum theory for manipulating nanomagnets
Researchers have created a theory that predicts the properties of nanomagnets manipulated with electric currents. This theory is useful for future quantum technologies.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreSuperconducting ferromagnetic nanodiamond films
Scientists report on the investigation of the interplay between ferromagnetism and electrical transport in hydrogenated and heavily boron-doped nanodiamond films.
Jun 11th, 2017
Read moreNew type of engineered carbon nanomaterial is capable of changing shapes and colors
Researchers have presented a unique design and synthesis of hybrid carbon nanosheets, which show a strong solvatochromic behavior with wide color tunability ranging from blue to orange and even to white in various solvents.
Jun 10th, 2017
Read morePiezoelectric nanomaterials for bio-interface applications
Nanostructured piezoelectric interfaces own the actual potential to offer beneficial environments for cell and tissue stimulation, and, at the same time, they introduce new scenarios into nanomedicine, where nanomaterials, owing to their 'smart' properties, are exploited as active devices rather than as passive structural units or carriers for medications.
Jun 10th, 2017
Read moreNovel techniques examine solar cells with nanoscale precision
The new techniques, which investigated a common type of solar cell made of the semiconductor material cadmium telluride, promise to aid scientists in better understanding the microscopic structure of solar cells and may ultimately suggest ways to boost the efficiency at which they convert sunlight to electricity.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreBatteries from scrap metal
Direct conversion of rusty stainless steel mesh into stable, low-cost electrodes for potassium-ion batteries.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreNew form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber
A team of scientists has developed a form of ultrastrong, lightweight carbon that is also elastic and electrically conductive. A material with such a unique combination of properties could serve a wide variety of applications from aerospace engineering to military armor.
Jun 9th, 2017
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