Researchers have developed an artificial receptor that can bind sucrose in water with exquisite precision. The achievement represents a leap forward for the development of biosensors, and provides new insights into our perception of sweetness.
Sep 5th, 2017
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Researchers report multifunctional hydrogel microparticles bearing a spatially patterned binary authenticity code capable of tagging more than a billion distinct products and two integrated sensors reporting the product safety.
Sep 5th, 2017
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Introducing a new generation of organic photodiodes on silicon substrates.
Sep 5th, 2017
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Ultra-high resolution pressure sensing uses matrices of vertical piezoelectric nanowires to reconstruct the smallest features of human fingerprints.
Sep 5th, 2017
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Researchers report a flexible temperature and humidity sensor from graphene woven fabrics prepared by chemical vapor deposition.
Sep 4th, 2017
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Solid crystals that self-assemble to form channels for an electric current could make safer batteries.
Sep 4th, 2017
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Researchers have reported a new material phenomenon, occurring in faceted double-walled nanotubes, where minute mechanical manipulations induce pronounced global superstructure reconfiguration.
Sep 4th, 2017
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Carbon nanotubes lower the transformation temperature of glassy carbon, possibly aiding manufacturers.
Sep 4th, 2017
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Researchers describe an efficient architecture for H2 sensors in which a nanofilter is interposed between the sensing element - an array of palladium nanowires - and the gaseous ambient.
Sep 4th, 2017
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Investigation of paper-based electronics continues to advance, showing exciting signs of progress.
Sep 1st, 2017
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Scientists have discovered a new kind of magnetic nano-object in a novel material that could serve as a magnetic bit with cloaking properties to make a magnetic disk drive with no moving parts - a Racetrack Memory - a reality in the near future.
Sep 1st, 2017
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Researchers have achieved the first measurements of thermal conductivity of warm dense aluminum - a prototype material commonly used in model development - by heating a dual-layer target of gold and aluminum with laser-generated protons.
Sep 1st, 2017
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Scientists have discovered a new explanation for the friction behavior of diamond surfaces under the influence of water.
Sep 1st, 2017
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Molecules move faster as they get closer to adhesive surfaces, but this effect is not permanent.
Sep 1st, 2017
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Nanoparticles can help scientists brighten their research - but they also can throw off microscopic measurements.
Aug 31st, 2017
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The device is a multicomponent, multilayered composite material called a van der Waals Schottky diode. It converts heat into electricity up to three times more efficiently than silicon.
Aug 31st, 2017
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