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A new way to display the 3-D structure of molecules

Metal-organic frameworks provide a new platform for solving the structure of hard-to-study samples.

Aug 18th, 2016

X-ray optics on a chip

Researchers report the fabrication and testing of a millimetre-sized chip capable of splitting a beam of X-rays.

Aug 18th, 2016

Tracing barnacles' footprint with atomic force microscopy

Using a modified type of an Atomic Force Microscope, scientists can now measure protein characteristics of even very small traces on a surface.

Aug 18th, 2016

'High-occupancy' vehicle battery

Towards higher energy density batteries: singly charged lithium ions replaced by doubly charged magnesium ions.

Aug 17th, 2016

Determining real molecules in operating batteries

Scientists determined new molecular-level information at the solid/liquid interface, pushing toward better energy storage devices.

Aug 17th, 2016

Spinning ginger into nanoparticles to heal inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers have developed edible ginger-derived nanoparticles that they believe may be good medicine for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease. The particles may also help fight cancer linked to colitis, according to experiments in mice.

Aug 17th, 2016

Curbing the life-long effects of traumatic brain injury with neuron-targeted nanoparticle

Scientists report a potential way to reduce the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a neuron-targeting nanoparticle, using an animal model of TBI.

Aug 17th, 2016

Phononics pioneer probes the untapped powers of sound

A materials science engineer is bending sound waves in nature-defying ways that could quiet our cities, heal our bodies, provide new sources of energy, and compute and process information.

Aug 17th, 2016

New method to identify microscopic failure in polymers and composite materials

Researchers have found a new way to identify microscopic damage in polymers and composite materials before total failure occurs.

Aug 17th, 2016

Attosecond science opens new avenues in femtochemistry

Attosecond Science is a new exciting frontier in contemporary physics, aimed at time-resolving the motion of electrons in atoms, molecules and solids on their natural timescale. Electronic dynamics derives from the creation and evolution of coherence between different electronic states and proceeds on sub-femtosecond timescales.

Aug 17th, 2016

Researchers watch catalysts at work

Physicists have succeeded in watching a silver catalyst at work for the first time with the aid of an atomic force microscope.

Aug 17th, 2016

Synthetic biological nanowires to conduct electricity

Scientists have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical wires that not only conduct electricity, but are thousands of times thinner than a human hair.

Aug 16th, 2016

A miniaturized sensor that can measure chemistry on a chip

By combining expertise in nanophotonics and materials science, researchers have laid the groundwork for a chemical sensor on a chip that could be used in small portable devices to analyze samples in a lab, monitor air and water quality in the field and perhaps even detect explosives.