Nanoparticle catalysts outperform single metal atoms
Small platinum particles prove to be more catalytically active than single platinum atoms, a vital insight for designing more efficient catalysts.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreSmall platinum particles prove to be more catalytically active than single platinum atoms, a vital insight for designing more efficient catalysts.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreScientists have invented a new way to probe the valence electrons of atoms deep inside a crystalline solid, using laser light to excite, steer, and bounce the valence electrons off other atoms, giving clues to the material's atomic structure and function.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreEngineers find a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibers.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreResearchers have revealed new atomic-scale details about pesky deposits that can stop or slow chemical reactions vital to fuel production and other processes. This disruption to reactions is known as deactivation or poisoning.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreHow can quantum information be stored as long as possible? An important step forward in the development of quantum memories has been achieved by researchers.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreIt sounds like something out of the Borg in Star Trek. Nano-sized robots self-assemble to form biological machines that do the work that keeps one alive. And yet something like this really does go on.
Nov 23rd, 2016
Read moreFilm of self-fused nanowires clear as glass, conducts like metal.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreThe Graphene Flagship, Europe's biggest ever research initiative, carries out advanced research into the creation of unique and innovative materials by incorporating graphene into composites. There are many potential application areas including the aerospace and automotive industries, energy applications, structural foams, films and coatings.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreSprinkle a pixie dust of nanoparticles into a batch of clear polymer resin and you get a smart material that changes color when it is damaged or about to fail.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreScientists explain how solar cells could be produced with tin, making them more adaptable and simpler to produce than their current counterparts.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreTo address the intrinsic limitation of magnetic actuation, a team of researchers has developed a way to use microbubbles to provide the specificity needed to power micro-robots for biomedical applications.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreWhether it is clouds or champagne bubbles forming, or the early onset of Alzheimer's disease or Type 2 diabetes, a common mechanism is at work: nucleation processes.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreLow-power tabletop source of ultrashort electron beams could replace car-size laboratory devices.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreScientists have calculated a model of an optical system in which large losses in waveguides are compensated by a small gain. The newly discovered phenomenon means that a signal can be transmitted with virtually no losses, which up until now had been an unresolved issue with plasmonic and nanooptic devices.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreResearchers are working on perfecting control of their quantum dot using photons so that they can communicate with one another and make calculations.
Nov 22nd, 2016
Read moreA breakthrough provides a new tool to characterize CTCs that may help cancer biologists and clinicians understand how to use these cells to provide better treatment.
Nov 22nd, 2016
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