Thermal systems use heat to produce cold, and vice versa. To do so, a material is needed that can dissipate water vapor particularly well and quickly. A new method simply applies this property as a layer onto the components.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreA sensor which can be used to screen for diabetes in resource-poor settings has been developed by researchers and tested in diabetic patients, and will soon be field tested in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jun 2nd, 2014
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A novel procedure spins extremely tough filaments from tiny cellulose fibrils by aligning them all in parallel during the production process.
Jun 2nd, 2014
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New technologies can be realized with thin layers of carbon nanotubes. Now, researchers have examined a technique that creates such layers, gaining fresh insights.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreResearchers have succeeded in coating mobile intervertebral disc implants so that they show no wear and will now last for a lifetime.
Jun 2nd, 2014
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New research discovers unexpected variations in behavior of nanotubes made of different materials.
Jun 2nd, 2014
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A new study reports the first preclinical tests for a novel anti-cancer technology called 'quadrapeutics' that converts current clinical treatments to instantaneously detect and kill only cancer cells. Quadrapeutics combines clinically available drugs, colloidal gold, pulsed lasers and radiation in a novel and safe micro-treatment that improved standard therapy by 17-fold against aggressive, drug-resistant tumors.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers have become the first to detect a fundamental particle of light-matter interaction in metals, the exciton.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreCombining black and white graphene can change the electronic properties of the one-atom thick materials, University of Manchester researchers have found.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreVolatile organic compounds in exhaled breath show presence and stage of lung cancer.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreResearchers fabricaed a new type of electrical nanosensor to detect a limited number of aggressive cancer cells among benign cells of the intestine.
May 30th, 2014
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Researchers report the first real time movies of the light-to-current conversion process in an organic solar cell.
May 30th, 2014
Read moreThis low-cost scalable methodology demonstrates an improvement in ordering of the nanodot lattice of up to 50%.
May 30th, 2014
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Imperfections in the regular atomic arrangements in crystals determine many of the properties of a material, and their diffusion is behind many microstructural changes in solids. However, imaging non-repeating atomic arrangements is difficult in conventional materials. Now, researchers at the University of Vienna have directly imaged the diffusion of a butterfly-shaped atomic defect in graphene, the recently discovered two-dimensional wonder material, over long image sequences.
May 30th, 2014
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This research has made a ground-breaking discovery because it is the first time that the quantum mechanisms that trigger the photovoltaic function of organic photovoltaic devices have been deciphered.
May 30th, 2014
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A glance into a new world for neuroscience: Researchers present the first scientifically accurate 3D model of a synapse.
May 30th, 2014
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