Research team images tiny quasicrystals as they form
For the first time, researchers see a quasicrystal structure in nanoparticles, which had never been seen before.
Aug 16th, 2017
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Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers
Researchers develop three methods to defend against sneaky attacks.
Aug 16th, 2017
Read moreNanotechnology gives green energy a green color
Research have created green solar panels using soft imprint lithography to print an array of nanocylinders that scatter green light.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreReactions in nanocontainers - towards the world's smallest coaxial cable
This miniscule wire - comprising a carbon nanotube located inside a boron nitride nanotube - can be produced on a preparative scale and may represent an important step towards the miniaturisation of electronic devices.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreKilling bacteria by hacking plastics with silver nanoparticles and electricity
Researchers have developed an innovative way of hacking conducting plastics so as to prevent bacterial growth using silver nanoparticles and a small electrical current.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read morePolystyrene makes next-generation of solar panels even cheaper
Scientists are using polystyrene particles rather than expensive polymers to make the next generation of solar cells, which are used to make solar panels, more stable and even cheaper.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreAtomically thin layers bring spintronics closer to applications
Researchers have created a graphene-based device, in which electron spins can be injected and detected with unprecedented efficiency. The result is a hundredfold increase of the spin signal, big enough to be used in real life applications, such as new spin transistors and spin-based logic.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreLungs in space (w/video)
Nanomedicine research project could lead to new lung therapeutics.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreNew nanotechnology reporting rule from EPA
EPA issues guidance for new nanotechnology reporting and recordkeeping rule.
Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreA multistable, shape-reconfigurable design for aluminum-air batteries
Researchers propose a new, multistable, shape-reconfigurable design combined with a battery packing concept that leads to 2D and 3D polymorphed states, while preserving the electrochemical functionality.
Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreResearchers create first 3D movie of a virus in action
Scientists have for the first time created a three-dimensional movie showing a virus preparing to infect a healthy cell.
Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreExotic quantum states made from light
Physicists create optical 'wells' for a super-photon for the first time.
Aug 14th, 2017
Read more2-faced 2D material is a first
Materials scientists create flat sandwich of sulfur, molybdenum and selenium.
Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreResearchers obtain decacene, the largest acene synthesised ever
Chemists have been able to generate elusive decacene, a molecule formed by the linear fusion of ten benzene rings, the longest acene prepared ever.
Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreSingle molecules can work as reproducible transistors - at room temperature
Engineers reproducibly achieve the current blockade effect using atomically precise molecules at room temperature, a result that could lead to shrinking electrical components and boosting data storage and computing power.
Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreResearchers achieve major improvement for lensless computational microscopy
By employing special algorithms, researchers increased the resolution of obtained images without any changes in the technical characteristics of microscopes.
Aug 14th, 2017
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