Tiny gold grids yielding secrets
Researchers explore processes for making ordered metal nanostructures that display interesting new properties.
Sep 8th, 2016
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Mechanical engineering in hot pursuit of creeping bacteria
Understanding how bacteria grows and spreads can help improve health care outcomes.
Sep 8th, 2016
Read moreNanocoated stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans
Coating insulin-producing cell-clusters with a thin protective layers may be a way to modify and use pig tissue to ultimately treat human diabetes.
Sep 8th, 2016
Read moreAtomic scale pipes available on demand and by design
So far, it has been impossible to create artificial capillaries with atomic-scale precision. Now researchers show how to make the impossible possible.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreTooth decay - drilling down to the nanoscale
Scientists believe they have identified some nanoscale elements that govern the behavior of our teeth.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreBreakthrough in materials science: Research team can bond metals with nearly all surfaces
Through this 'nanoscale-sculpturing' process, metals such as aluminium, titanium, or zinc can permanently be joined with nearly all other materials, become water-repellent, or improve their biocompatibility.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreExtreme ultracapacitors
Carbon nanotube-based energy-storage devices find uses in drilling operations, aerospace applications, electric vehicles.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreBringing graphene speakers to the mobile market (w/video)
Scientists are one step closer to making graphene audio speakers for mobile devices. They report a simple way to fabricate once-elusive thermoacoustic speakers using the ultra-thin material.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreNew perovskite research discoveries may lead to solar cell, LED advances
Mixed-halide perovskites appear to benefit from enhanced thermal and moisture stability, which makes them degrade less quickly than single-halide perovskites.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreScientists develop revolutionary nanotechnology heart attack sensor
An international collaboration of scientists has developed a tiny electric sensor, which could potentially improve patient survival rates by telling doctors if a person has had a heart attack.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreBreakthrough in the synthetic replication of composite-material structures found in Mother of pearl
Researchers synthetically replicate the mineralisation process that takes place in natural nacre.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreA new way of taming ions can improve future health care
Researchers have discovered a completely new way of using lasers to accelerate ion beams.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreNovel nanoscale detection of real-time DNA amplification holds promise for diagnostics
Scientists develop a label-free method for detecting DNA amplification in real time based on refractive index changes in diffracted light.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreEn route to better transformers
Researchers ave found a way of looking inside the iron core of transformers. The better their iron cores are magnetized, the less energy they lose and the more efficiently they work.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreTranslating the power of organometallic catalysis to the mitochondria of living cells
Researchers report the first demonstration of a non-natural chemical reaction in a subcellular compartment.
Sep 7th, 2016
Read moreNew breed of optical soliton wave discovered
Applied scientists have discovered a new type of optical soliton wave that travels in the wake of other soliton waves, hitching a ride on and feeding off of the energy of the other wave.
Sep 6th, 2016
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