Gold nanoparticles help to develop a new method for tracking viruses
The newly developed method involves a chemical modification of a known thiol-stabilized gold nanoparticle, the so-called Au102 cluster.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moreThe newly developed method involves a chemical modification of a known thiol-stabilized gold nanoparticle, the so-called Au102 cluster.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moreAs if being sick weren't bad enough, there's also the fear of frequent injections, side effects and overdosing on you medication. Now a team of researchers from University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry, Nano- science center and the Institut Laue-Langevin, have shown that reservoirs of anti-viral pharmaceuticals could be manufactured to bind specifically to infected tissue such as cancer cells for the slow concentrated delivery of drug treatments.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moreBetter insulation materials are a money and energy saver for all. A new collaborative project is set to address the need. The partners will study insulation materials at the atomic level and devise solutions for a major climate challenge.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moren just seconds, a low-cost porous organic polymer can cut toxic metal concentrations in water to inconsequential levels.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moreResearch team applies award-winning SLIPS, a super-repellent coating, to off-the-rack fabrics.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreStoring more and more in an ever-smaller space - what sounds impossible is in fact just part of the daily routine in information technology, where for decades, increasing amounts of data have been successfully stored on media with ever higher densities. An international team has now discovered a physical phenomenon that could prove suitable for use in further data aggregation.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreResearches demonstrate that graphene 2.0 can barely be made.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreFujitsu Laboratories announces that it has successfully simulated the electrical properties of a 3,000-atom nano device - a threefold increase over previous efforts - using a supercomputer.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreThe next time you light a candle and switch on your television ready for a relaxing evening at home, just think. These two vastly different products have much more in common than you might imagine.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreAlthough cobalt is significantly less efficient than platinum when it comes to light-induced hydrogen generation, the drastic price difference between the two metals makes cobalt the obvious choice as the foundation for a synthetic catalyst.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have observed for the first time in detail how a hierarchical microstructure develops during heat treatment of a superalloy.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated the first growth of graphene on a silver substrate. Unique wave-like electron scattering at the edges of the dendritic graphene also was observed for the first time.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have shown how to increase the efficiency of thin-film solar cells, a technology that could bring low-cost solar energy. The approach uses 3-D photonic crystals to absorb more sunlight than conventional thin-film cells.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have created and characterized a photovoltaic device based on a combination of titanium oxide and graphene as charge collector and perovskite as sunlight absorber. The device is manufactured at low temperatures and has a high efficiency.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreInstitute highlights most notable contributions to advancing worldwide semiconductor, life science, wireless and energy technologies.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreThe program allows numerical simulation, with the use of a commercial personal computer, of the shapes of ink droplet placed on a flat substrate surface that includes discontinuous boundaries between hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas.
Jan 14th, 2014
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