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Molecules in an egg carton: How water surfaces can be used to produce functional materials

Scientists have used lasers to investigate how water surfaces can be used as a template for the regular arrangement of molecules in production of high-quality monolayers and what physicochemical mechanisms underlie this.

October 15, 2021 Read more

The nanotechnology approach to global infectious disease

Injectable nanocarriers have the potential improve antiretroviral drug efficacy in the fight against infectious diseases.

October 15, 2021 Read more

Tuning transparency and opacity

Making a dark human hair transparent, or even an opaque bar of silicon: this optical 'sorcery' is possible by manipulating the incident light. This new phenomenon is called 'mutual extinction and transparency'. Until now only existing in theory, photonics researchers demonstrated the effect with experiments.

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Nanoscale lattices flow from 3D printer

Engineers are creating nanostructures of silica with a sophisticated 3D printer, demonstrating a method to make micro-scale electronic, mechanical and photonic devices from the bottom up.

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Porous material created from greenhouse gas CO2 to store CO2

Researchers created a material capable of storing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide with one of the main ingredients being carbon dioxide itself.

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A new strategy for interfacial modification of organic solar cells

Researchers have proposed a new strategy to investigate the regulation of nanoscale surface energy distribution at the interface layer of organic solar cells.

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Making progress towards quantum technologies based on magnetic molecules

An international research team has achieved spin-electric control in molecular nanomagnets. This fact offers great advantages when preparing quantum devices based on magnetic molecules.

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Experience the completely crazy quantum world with Kitty Q

Teaming up with the cute, half-dead Kitty Q and Anna, the great-granddaughter of Nobel Prize winner Erwin Schroedinger, 'Kitty Q - a quantum adventure' lets young players dive into the mysterious secrets of particles, donuts, coincidences and entanglements.

October 15, 2021 Read more

Monitoring glucose levels, no needles required (w/video)

Researchers develop first-of-its-kind wearable, noninvasive glucose monitoring device prototype.

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A new twist on 2D materials may lead to improved electronic, optical devices

Tuning the interface and twist angle of layered 2D materials enhances key properties.

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How to program DNA nanorobots to poke and prod cell membranes

A discovery of how to build little blocks out of DNA and get them to stick to lipids, the main constituents of plant and animal cells, has implications for biosensing and mRNA vaccines.

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Scientists study how to adjust MXene properties

Scientists have conducted an extensive analysis of the latest data in processing MXenes, new two-dimensional inorganic materials.

October 14, 2021 Read more

MXene grafting: A simple and efficient method to enhance stability of 2D materials

Chemists have developed a new method for the MXene surface modification and solved the problem of their instability.

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Molecular mixing creates super stable glass

Researchers have succeeded in creating a new type of super-stable, durable glass with potential applications ranging from medicines, advanced digital screens, and solar cell technology.

October 14, 2021 Read more

Exotic magnetic states in miniature dimensions

Scientists have succeeded in building carbon-based quantum spin chains, where they captured the emergence of one of the cornerstone models of quantum magnetism first proposed by the 2016 Nobel laureate F. D. M. Haldane in 1983.

October 14, 2021 Read more

Researchers use dyes to store data

In the digital age, every byte of data needs to go somewhere - and preferably stay there a long time. In new work, researchers describe a novel storage approach that uses mixtures of seven commercially available fluorescent dyes to save data files.

October 13, 2021 Read more