Nanosized silicon heater and thermometer combined to fight cancer
Physicists have found out that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated up, and simultaneously emit light depending on their temperature.
May 31st, 2017
Read morePhysicists have found out that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated up, and simultaneously emit light depending on their temperature.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreScientists have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst to produce pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreSources that integrate two artificial optical material concepts may drive ultrafast 'Li-Fi' communications.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreResearchers are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreCarbon nanotubes allow accurate control of electron charge, spin and valley degrees of freedom, are atomically perfect and can be made isotopically pure.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreUsing a new method, researchers can see for the first time how weak electric fields evolve in time.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreResearchers have developed versatile magnetic nanoclusters capable of simultaneous gene delivery, direction of cell migration, and cell tracking for stem cell research.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreA gold compound shifts from a visible fluorescence to emitting infrared when ground - a big shift with potential applications in bioimaging and security inks.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreScientists have uncovered the complex and remarkably different behavior arising in a liquid crystal drop that is drying.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreOffice of Naval Research awards grant to study fundamental toughening mechanisms of novel ceramic composites and their use as alternative materials.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreFlat sheets of carbon, and other two-dimensional materials, lose heat more easily when encased.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreA new plasmonic sensor will serve as a reliable early detection of biomarkers for many forms of cancer and eventually other diseases.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreScientists found that tiny spikes of carbon combined with copper particles convert carbon dioxide into ethanol fuel. The catalysts take a waste product of coal used in power plants and other hydrocarbon combustion reactions, in the presence of electrical energy, and create liquid fuel.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreA new foam called the Oleo Sponge was invented that not only easily adsorbs oil from water but is also reusable and can pull dispersed oil from an entire water column, not just the surface.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreThis novel method produces a film with millions of carbon nanotubes aligned and tightly packed, like water pipes on a flatbed truck. The tubes are orders of magnitude better aligned than previously possible.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreNanoscale images yield surprise that could push solar cell efficiency to 31 percent.
May 30th, 2017
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