Researchers have found a new method for obtaining high-quality images in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), that requires less contrast medium compared to current methods. It is made possible by using an "elastic" protein structure that can absorb dissolved xenon in a self-regulating way.
Nov 30th, 2018
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Scientists have measured an ultrananocrystalline diamond coating, prized for its hard yet smooth properties, and showed that it is far rougher than previously believed.
Nov 30th, 2018
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A technique for making ultrathin, two-dimensional films of tungsten disulfide could underpin next-generation electronic and optoelectronic technologies.
Nov 30th, 2018
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Emerging valleytronics technology using 2D materials promises smaller devices that chew up less energy and transmit data faster and more securely.
Nov 30th, 2018
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A powerful method is demonstrated for analyzing the electrochemically induced electronic-state and structural changes that occur in an iron-tipped self-assembled monolayer.
Nov 30th, 2018
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Researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles.
Nov 29th, 2018
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New method takes a snapshot every millisecond of groups of light-scattering particles, showing what happens during industrially relevant reactions.
Nov 29th, 2018
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A new, low-cost wound dressing could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way. The method leverages energy generated from a patient's own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury.
Nov 29th, 2018
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A new shows that the application of an electrical field to a bilayer graphene system produces an effect identical to that of an extremely intense magnetic field applied to two aligned graphene sheets.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Researchers have made a material that can transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to a nonconducting insulating material without changing its atomic structure.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Results could also indicate whether antibiotics have successfully treated the infection.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Injectable material made of nanoscale particles can deliver arthritis drugs throughout cartilage.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Chemists have discovered cheaper and more efficient materials for producing hydrogen for the storage of renewable energy that could replace current water-splitting catalysts.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Metalloproteins (also known as metal-binding proteins) play vital roles in our bodies for oxygen transport and storage, electron transport, oxidation and reduction. A new method only needs a tiny liquid sample to analyze metalloproteins.
Nov 29th, 2018
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Scientists have combined graphene with the natural fibre, jute, to create a world's first for graphene-strengthened natural jute fibre composites.
Nov 29th, 2018
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A new study identifies silicon contamination as the root cause of disappointing results and details how to produce higher performing, pure graphene.
Nov 29th, 2018
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