Blowing bubbles to catch carbon dioxide (w/video)
Researchers develop bio-inspired liquid membrane with nanopores that could make clean coal a reality.
Sep 1st, 2016
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Making the switch, this time with an insulator
Physicists, joining the fundamental pursuit of using electron spins to store and manipulate information, have demonstrated a new approach to doing so, which could prove useful in the application of low-power computer memory.
Sep 1st, 2016
Read moreMathematical nanotoxicoproteomics: Quantitative characterization of effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Scientists developed mathematical models to characterize proteomics patterns of Caco-2/HT29-MTX cells exposed for three and twenty four hours to two kinds of important nanoparticles: multi-walled carbon nanotubes and TiO2 nanobelts.
Sep 1st, 2016
Read moreNew method helps stabilise materials with elusive magnetism
Stabilising materials with transient magnetic characteristics makes it easier to study them.
Sep 1st, 2016
Read moreIn batteries, a metal reveals its dual personality
Branchlike deposits grow on lithium electrode surfaces in two ways, one much more damaging.
Sep 1st, 2016
Read moreEngineers seek sustainable solutions through nanotechnology
New designs may help purify water, diagnose disease in remote regions of world.
Sep 1st, 2016
Read more'High-speed 'electron camera' films atomic nuclei in vibrating molecules
An ultrafast 'electron camera' has made the first direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules that are vibrating within millionths of a billionth of a second after being hit by a laser pulse.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers find transition point in semiconductor nanomaterials
Researchers have demonstrated that electronic interactions play a significant role in the dimensional crossover of semiconductor nanomaterials. The show that a critical length scale marks the transition between a zero-dimensional, quantum dot and a one-dimensional nanowire.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreInvisibility cloak with photonic crystals
Almost as elusive as unicorns, finding practical materials for invisibility cloaking is challenging. Researchers have new ideas how to solve that.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreSynthetic chemistry in a very small space
Thanks to a new process, it is now possible to systematically test a large number of chemical reactions in a very small space and within a short time. It enables freely selectable molecules embedded in solid materials to react with each other in a nanometer-sized space.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreMagnetism under the magnifying glass
Being able to determine magnetic properties of materials with sub-nanometer precision would greatly simplify development of magnetic nano-structures for future spintronic devices. In a new article, physicists make a big step towards this goal.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreLowering the cost and environmental footprint of white LEDs with MOFs and graphene
To help reduce the environmental footprint and cost of these lights, researchers have developed the first white LED with a hybrid, metal-organic framework material.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreSubatomic microscopy key to building new classes of materials
Researchers are pushing the limits of electron microscopy into the tens of picometer scale, a fraction of the size of a hydrogen atom. The ability to see at this subatomic level is crucial in designing new materials with unprecedented properties, such as materials that transition from metals to semiconductors or that exhibit superconductivity.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers peel back another layer of chemistry with 'tender' X-rays
Scientists can now directly probe a previously hard-to-see layer of chemistry thanks to a unique X-ray toolkit. The X-ray tools and techniques could be extended, researchers say, to provide new insight about battery performance and corrosion, a wide range of chemical reactions, and even biological and environmental processes that rely on similar chemistry.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreDevelopment of a Novel Mass analysis technique that can be performed even with an ordinary business card
A research team developed a new mass analysis technique that operates under a completely different principle from that of conventional mass analysis techniques.
Aug 31st, 2016
Read moreShape of 'molecular graphene' determines electronic properties
Infrared spectroscopic studies reveal electronic differences in polycyclic hydrocarbons with zigzag and armchair edge structures.
Aug 31st, 2016
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