Will we be able to use zinc oxide nanoparticles as fertilizers?
Scientists have studied the effects of using zinc oxide nanoparticles on agriculture.
Oct 11th, 2017
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Gold nanoprobes track blood flow in tiny vessels
By improving our understanding of blood flow in vivo the nanoprobes represent an opportunity to help in the early diagnosis of disease.
Oct 11th, 2017
Read moreA material that gradually 'forgets'
This new material could one day be used for advanced bio-inspired computing.
Oct 11th, 2017
Read moreNanoengineered solar steam generation devices
Engineers have created a new technological solution to the pressing global challenge of water scarcity by creating a suite of solar steam generation devices that are at once efficient, easily accessible, environmentally friendly, biodegradable, and extremely low cost.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreNew study is a step toward creating planes that travel at hypersonic speed
Air travel times could be drastically reduced by boron nitride nanotubes.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreBreath instead of a blood test
Scientists have developed a method for the highly convenient, real-time monitoring of lipolysis by testing a person's exhalations during exercise.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreSeeing the next dimension of computer chips
Researchers image perfectly smooth side-surfaces of 3-D silicon crystals with a scanning tunneling microscope, paving the way for smaller and faster computing devices.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreMachine learning translates 'hidden' information to reveal chemistry in action
New method allows on-the-fly analysis of how catalysts change during reactions, providing crucial information for improving performance.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreSpin-current generation gets mid-IR boost with plasmonic metamaterial
Scientists add plasmonic metamaterials to spintronic devices to enhance spin-current generation from the heat produced in the mid-infrared regime.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreSilicon is liberated from Abbot's Flatland
Researchers have found a way to pack various laser-written structures deep inside silicon chips.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreMissing atoms in a forgotten crystal bring luminescence
A little-studied member of the perovskite family of materials could find use in a range of electronic devices, after researchers discovered the secret of its strong photoluminescence.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreA particle accelerator on a microchip
The largest particle accelerator in the world has a circumference of around 26 kilometres. Researchers are attempting to go to the other extreme by building the world's smallest machine of this kind - a particle accelerator that fits on a microchip.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreSingle 'solitons' promising for optical technologies
Researchers are a step closer to harnessing single pulses of light called solitons, using tiny ring-shaped microresonators, in findings that could aid efforts to develop advanced sensors, high-speed optical communications and research tools.
Oct 9th, 2017
Read moreBacteria self-organize to build working sensors
Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble to build working device with gold nanoparticles.
Oct 9th, 2017
Read moreThe first map of switchable liquids
For the first time, scientists confirmed distinct regions in popular carbon capture and synthesis solvent.
Oct 9th, 2017
Read morePrototype shows how tiny photodetectors can double their efficiency
New research invokes quantum mechanical processes that occur when two atomically thin materials are stacked together.
Oct 9th, 2017
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