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Real-time ultrafast humidity sensing optical sensor

Researchers develop a real-time humidity sensing optical sensor. The response time of the new sensor is 10,000 times faster than the conventional sensors and can be mass-produced at low cost.

Apr 13th, 2022

Nanoparticles could enable a more sensitive and durable rapid COVID-19 test

Scientists have developed a rapid test that uses molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles, rather than antibodies, to detect SARS-CoV-2. The new test is more sensitive and works under more extreme conditions than antibody-based tests.

Apr 13th, 2022

Feel the attraction of zwitterionic Janus particles

Researchers used a hybrid of Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations to predict the self-assembly of charged Janus particles, which may lead to biomimetic nanostructures that can assemble like proteins.

Apr 13th, 2022

A 4 V-class metal-free organic lithium-ion battery gets closer to reality

Researchers have made a significant advancement towards high-voltage metal-free lithium-ion batteries that use a small organic molecule, croconic acid. The breakthrough moves us closer to realizing metal-free, high-energy, and inexpensive lithium-ion batteries.

Apr 13th, 2022

Quantum light with modular waveguide device

For the first time, researchers have successfully generated strongly nonclassical light using a modular waveguide-based light source. The achievement represents a crucial step toward creating faster and more practical optical quantum computers.

Apr 13th, 2022

Scientists find 'knob' to control magnetic behavior in quantum material

Magnetism, one of the oldest technologies known to humans, is at the forefront of new-age materials that could enable next-generation lossless electronics and quantum computers.

Apr 12th, 2022

Using MOFs to efficiently break down plastic bottles into component parts

Researchers first to demonstrate use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics.

Apr 12th, 2022

Newly discovered edge magnetism in nanomagnets could have wide applications

Some magnetic nanomaterials retain magnetism only on their edge - in fact only within 10 nanometers of the edge.

Apr 12th, 2022

Intense laser light modifies the pairing of electrons

The quantum-mechanical exchange interaction between electrons can be specifically modified with intense infrared light fields on time scales of a few femtoseconds, as time-resolved experiments on sulfur hexafluoride molecules show. This finding lights a way for bottom-up controlling chemical reactions with lasers in the future - based purely on electrons, the 'glue' of chemistry.

Apr 12th, 2022

World's first LED lights developed from rice husks

Scientists searching for a scalable method to fabricate quantum dots have developed a way to recycle rice husks to create the first silicon quantum dot LED light. Their new method transforms agricultural waste into state-of-the-art light-emitting diodes in a low-cost, environmentally friendly way.