The Sun can be a better chemist, thanks to zinc oxide nanorod arrays grown on a graphene substrate and 'decorated' with dots of cadmium sulphide. In the presence of solar radiation, this combination of zero and one-dimensional semiconductor structures with two-dimensional graphene is a great catalyst for many chemical reactions.
Jul 15th, 2015
Read moreNew research identified that the nanoparticles were effective at killing Proprionobacterium acnes, the gram positive bacteria associated with acne, and even more importantly, they inhibited the damaging inflammation that result in the large, painful lesions associated with inflammatory acne.
Jul 15th, 2015
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3-D images give clues to extending catalyst life.
Jul 15th, 2015
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Silica structures in natural reed leaves can be exploited as electrode material in lithium-ion batteries.
Jul 15th, 2015
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Scientists find 3-D boron nitride structures will excel at thermal management for electronics.
Jul 15th, 2015
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A new study suggests that a device composed of a magnetic column paired with custom-made magnetic nanoparticles may hold a key to bringing immunotherapy into widespread and successful clinical use.
Jul 15th, 2015
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Millimetre-sized crystals of high-quality graphene can be made in minutes instead of hours using a new scalable technique.
Jul 15th, 2015
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Materials seen as promising for optoelectronics and thermoelectric devices finally yield their secrets.
Jul 15th, 2015
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A cost effective means for counting white blood cells promises to improve diagnosis in low-resource areas.
Jul 15th, 2015
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Engineered structures that can alter the speed of light could benefit optical communication systems.
Jul 15th, 2015
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A drug-encapsulating nanoparticle teams up with bright bio-labels to measure how anticancer chemotherapy formulations enter cells.
Jul 15th, 2015
Read moreA light-triggered cleanable, recyclable chip makes fabrication feasible for all.
Jul 15th, 2015
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New research is revealing details about how the exoskeleton of a certain type of deep-sea shrimp allows the animal to survive scalding hot waters in hydrothermal vents thousands of feet under water.
Jul 14th, 2015
Read moreScientists have designed nanoparticles that release drugs in the presence of a class of proteins that enable cancers to metastasize. That is, they have engineered a drug delivery system so that the very enzymes that make cancers dangerous could instead guide their destruction.
Jul 14th, 2015
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Titanium and gold are usually not magnetic and cannot be magnets - unless you combine them just so.
Jul 14th, 2015
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Researchers demonstrate the wavelike quantum behavior of a polariton condensate on a macroscopic scale and at room temperature.
Jul 14th, 2015
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