Stretchy sensors can detect deadly gases and UV radiation
Researchers have created wearable sensor patches that detect harmful UV radiation and dangerous, toxic gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen dioxide.
Jun 10th, 2015
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How structural flaws dictate failure strength and deformation in nanosized alloys
A new reveals that designers of metallic-glass-based nanodevices must account for tiny flaws in alloy frameworks to avoid unpredictable catastrophic failure. Understanding how nanoscale metallic glass fractures and fails when subjected to external stress is critical to improving its reliability in devices and composites.
Jun 10th, 2015
Read more'Nano-raspberries' could bear fruit in fuel cells
Scientists have developed a fast, simple process for making platinum 'nano-raspberries' - microscopic clusters of nanoscale particles of the precious metal. The berry-like shape is significant because it has a high surface area, which is helpful in the design of catalysts.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreImproving energy storage with a cue from nature
Melting materials along a tree-shaped pattern of lines could improve the efficiency of phase change energy storage systems.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreFilming the film: Scientists observe photographic exposure live at the nanoscale
Advanced method opens up new opportunities for investigation of dynamic processes.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read morePhysicists develop ultrasensitive nanomechanical biosensor
It can analyze the chemical composition of substances and detect biological objects, such as viral disease markers, which appear when the immune system responds to incurable or hard-to-cure diseases, including HIV, hepatitis, herpes, and many others.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreEngineers develop a computer that operates on water droplets (w/video)
Engineers built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.The work combines expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science - an operating clock.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreUltrasensitive magnetoplasmonic sensors with nano-antennas
Systems allowing label-free molecular-level detection are expected to have enormous impact on biochemical sciences. Research focuses on materials and technologies based on exploiting the coupling of light with electronic charge oscillations, the so-called localized surface plasmon resonances, in metallic nanostructured antennas.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreClosing in on the phenomenon of superconductivity with a two-dimensional atomic gas
Scientists are using this special gas as a model system to more easily study the largely unknown mechanism of the superfluid phase transition in 2D structures. The researchers hope to gain new insight into the so-called room-temperature superconductor, a hypothetical material that does not require cooling to achieve lossless conduction of electricity.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreA step towards a Type 1 Diabetes vaccine by using nanotherapy
For the first time liposomes that imitate cells in the process of natural death have been used to treat diabetes.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read more3D nano-images reveal 'bicycle spoke' structure of heart cells that may hold key heart attack clues
Research provides new information as to why some cells don't work properly following a heart attack.
Jun 9th, 2015
Read moreInvestigating how ingesting nanoparticles may influence health
A Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence grant funds discovering the role ingested nanoparticles play in the physiology and function of the gut and gut microbiome.
Jun 8th, 2015
Read moreTaking cues from nature to develop colors that do not fade
Imagine a favorite T-shirt that does not dull with time, or a car that never needs a new coat of paint. New research may be able to make this a reality in the near future.
Jun 8th, 2015
Read moreNanomaterial self-assembly imaged in real time
Researchers have for the first time visualized the growth of nanoscale chemical complexes in real time, demonstrating that processes in liquids at the scale of one-billionth of a meter can be documented as they happen.
Jun 8th, 2015
Read moreResearchers build world's first fully functioning single crystal waveguide in glass
The team says it had employed ultrafast femtosecond lasers to produce a three-dimensional single crystal capable of guiding light waves through glass with little loss of light.
Jun 8th, 2015
Read moreUltrafast heat conduction can manipulate nanoscale magnets
Scientists have uncovered physical mechanisms allowing the manipulation of magnetic information with heat. These new phenomena rely on the transport of thermal energy, in contrast to the conventional application of magnetic fields, providing a new, and highly desirable way to manipulate magnetization at the nanoscale.
Jun 8th, 2015
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