Scientists have determined that the active sites for two reactions involving carbon dioxide (carbon monoxide oxidation and water-gas shift) are associated with small platinum particles and not single platinum atoms as previously proposed.
Jan 9th, 2017
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Researchers have designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The new material, a sponge-like configuration with a density of just 5 percent, can have a strength 10 times that of steel.
Jan 6th, 2017
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A new form of low-power computing that uses miniscule magnetic whirlpools to store and process data is a step closer to becoming a reality.
Jan 6th, 2017
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Device showing backwards electrical behavior enables faster, cheaper, smaller electronic devices.
Jan 5th, 2017
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In a microscopic feat that resembled a high-wire circus act, researchers have coaxed DNA nanotubes to assemble themselves into bridge-like structures arched between two molecular landmarks on the surface of a lab dish.
Jan 5th, 2017
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Low-cost spectroscopy technique could allow detection of microscopic amounts of chemicals for applications in security, law enforcement and research.
Jan 5th, 2017
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Researchers used extremely high magnetic fields - equivalent to those found in the center of neutron stars - to alter electronic behavior. By observing the change in the behavior of these electrons, scientists may be able to gain an enriched understanding of material behavior.
Jan 5th, 2017
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Porphyrins, the same molecules that convey oxygen in haemoglobin and absorb light during photosynthesis, can be joined to the material of the future, graphene, to give it new properties.
Jan 5th, 2017
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Researchers have taken biodegradable polymer nanoparticles encapsulated with cancer-fighting drugs and incorporating them into immune cells to create a smart, targeted system to attack cancers of specific types.
Jan 4th, 2017
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New technique uses biomaterials to make complex devices that could be used for many implantable applications, including drug delivery and stents, and could lead to advances in precision medicine.
Jan 4th, 2017
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Theoretical physicists used computer simulations to show how special light pulses could create robust channels where electricity flows without resistance in an atomically thin semiconductor.
Jan 4th, 2017
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A few nanoscale adjustments may be all that is required to make graphene-nanotube junctions excel at transferring heat, according to scientists.
Jan 4th, 2017
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With a new process, Swiss scientists are making it easier for the chemical industry to investigate and optimise catalytic processes.
Jan 4th, 2017
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Making strides towards new semiconductor devices using spin.
Jan 4th, 2017
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Engineers looked to nature to find a shape that could improve all kinds of slender structures, from building columns to bicycle spokes - they found an answer in sea sponges.
Jan 4th, 2017
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A protective coating that could completely eliminate the need for cold storage and change the scope of medical diagnostic testing in places where it's often needed the most.
Jan 4th, 2017
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