An international collaboration of scientists has developed a technique they dubbed 'gas adsorption crystallography' that provides a new way to study the process by which metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are able to store immense volumes of gases such a carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane. This new look at MOFs led to a discovery that holds promise for the improved design of MOFs tailored specifically for carbon capture, or for the use of hydrogen and natural gas fuels.
Nov 9th, 2015
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Scientists have developed a new technique using nanobodies. Employing the so-called 'Morphotrap', the distribution of the morphogen Dpp, which plays an important role in wing development, could be selectively manipulated and analyzed for the first time in the fruit fly.
Nov 9th, 2015
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Perfect absorbers capture specific wavelengths from the visible to the infrared spectrums.
Nov 9th, 2015
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Researchers are proposing a unique nanostructure and established a methodology for the development of a material in which heat and electricity conductions can be controlled simultaneously.
Nov 9th, 2015
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Researchers have demonstrated an innovative way of using a gel to extract precious metals such as silver and gold from waste and convert them into conducting nanoparticles to form a hybrid nanomaterial potentially suitable for a range of high-tech applications.
Nov 9th, 2015
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An applied potential can reversibly induce a superconducting-insulator transition in lithium titanate thin films.
Nov 7th, 2015
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Researchers are using nanoparticles to boost the nutrient content and growth of tomato plants. Taking a clue from their work with solar cells, the team found that by using zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles, the tomato plants better absorbed light and minerals, and the fruit had higher antioxidant content.
Nov 7th, 2015
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Scientists have developed a new way of making fuel cell membranes using nanoscale fasteners, paving the way for lower-cost, higher-efficiency and more easily manufactured fuel cells.
Nov 6th, 2015
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A major showcase of companies developing new technologies from graphene and other two-dimensional materials took place this week at the Cambridge Graphene Centre.
Nov 6th, 2015
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An international collaboration has produced the first in vitro model of the outer membrane of the bacteria E. coli providing a tool for developing new antibiotics and other drugs.
Nov 6th, 2015
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New technique using existing technologies allows unprecedented views of cells and other soft materials.
Nov 6th, 2015
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The crystal is useful for studying correlations among the molecules' spins, or rotations, a quantum behavior related to magnetism.
Nov 6th, 2015
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Chemists devised a new way to detect chemical damage to DNA that sometimes leads to genetic mutations responsible for many diseases, including various cancers and neurological disorders.
Nov 6th, 2015
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By lining up vertical strands of a polymer, researchers probe the unusual optical properties of thin films.
Nov 6th, 2015
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Scientists have developed a nanoparticle delivery system for the antibiotic moxifloxacin that vastly improves the drug's effectiveness against pneumonic tularemia, a type of pneumonia caused by inhalation of the bacterium Francisella tularensis.
Nov 6th, 2015
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Method analyzes non-uniform conductors with a magnetic field.
Nov 5th, 2015
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