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Small poke - huge unexpected response

Exotic material exhibits an optical response in enormous disproportion to the stimulus - larger than in any known crystal.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Sniffing out the foundational science of sensors

Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Making shiny pellets of graphite from functionalized graphene (w/video)

Researchers use mechano-chemical process to make strong, lightweight material.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Electric textile lights a lamp when stretched

Researchers have developed a fabric that converts kinetic energy into electric power. The greater the load applied to the textile and the wetter it becomes the more electricity it generates.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Golden touch: Next-gen optical disk to solve data storage challenge (w/video)

New technology offer cost-efficient and sustainable solution to global data storage challenge, while enabling the pivot from Big Data to Long Data and opening new realms of scientific discovery.

Mar 22nd, 2018

In field tests, device harvests water from desert air

The new device could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Can objects feel one another before touching?

Scientists have found out the mechanisms whereby two objects feel each other before 'touching' and the characteristics of the contact between their first atoms.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Scientists control molecular alignment on a graphene surface

Researchers have developed a simple way to align molecules in one direction on a flat graphene surface. Efficiently controlling molecular alignment is expected to lead to significant progress in surface chemistry and molecular engineering, as well as materials science.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Researchers discover new accuracies in cancer-fighting, nanomedicine drug delivery

A promising discovery for advanced cancer therapy reveals that the efficiency of drug delivery in DNA nanostructures depends on their shapes.

Mar 21st, 2018

Design approach developed for important new catalysts for energy conversion and storage

New method could aid in design of pharmaceuticals and optical and data storage materials.

Mar 21st, 2018

Designing a new material for improved ultrasound

Development of a theoretical basis for ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric materials led to a new material with twice the piezo response of any existing commercial ferroelectric ceramics.

Mar 21st, 2018

Researchers explore enzymetic activities based on nanocomplex sensors

A team of researchers compared the susceptibility of different triangle silver nanoprisms (TSNPRs) towards H2O2 and elucidated the influence of capping agents and structural size on the etching process, with the aim of optimizing TSNPRs for H2O2 etching-based biosensors, such as glucose and glucose oxidase.

Mar 21st, 2018

Nanomaterials hold promise for producing hydrogen from water

Scientists use hollow gold-silver nanoshells to boost the efficiency of photocatalysts, where the combined nanocomposite materials generate hydrogen from water, powered only by sunlight.

Mar 21st, 2018

Nanocrystalline graphite enables new class of harsh environment electronics

Researchers have demonstrated reliable operation of microelectromechanical relays by coating the contacts with nanocrystalline layers of graphite, to enable ultra-low-power electronics for harsh environments.

Mar 21st, 2018

Cellulose nanofibers won from elephant and cow manure for sustainably making paper

It's likely not the first thing you think of when you see elephant dung, but this material turns out to be an excellent source of cellulose for paper manufacturing in countries where trees are scarce, scientists report.

Mar 21st, 2018

2D materials for aerosolizable nanoelectronics

Tiny floating robots could be useful in all kinds of ways, for example, to probe the human gut for disease or to search the environment for pollutants. In a step toward such devices, researchers describe a new marriage of materials, combining ultrathin 2-D electronics with miniature particles to create microscopic machines.

Mar 21st, 2018

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