The banknote-size sensor can identify each ingredient of a 29-compound mixture in seven seconds. The system also reliably detected compounds that simulate mustard gas and phosphonate-based nerve agents during 40 days of continuous operation.
Jun 27th, 2019
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New method provides ultrafast switching of electronic structure and illuminates fundamentals of charge ordering, potentially offering a simple path for next-generation data storage.
Jun 27th, 2019
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Engineers design surfaces that send rain flying away, potentially preventing icing or soaking.
Jun 27th, 2019
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A low-temperature method for making high-performance thermoelectric materials could recapture lost energy.
Jun 27th, 2019
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Studying the different self-assembly modes of graphene into functional patterns in zero-gravity will enable the fabrication of graphene electronic devices during long-term space missions, as well as help understand fundamental properties of graphene printing on Earth.
Jun 27th, 2019
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Researchers developed nanoclusters, multiatom collections of nanoparticles, with enhanced heating efficiency. The nanoclusters are hexagon-shaped iron oxide nanoparticles doped with cobalt and manganese and loaded into biodegradable nanocarriers.
Jun 27th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a 'lotus effect' by incorporating atomic defects in nanomaterials, which could have widespread applications in biomedical field including biosensing, lab-on-a-chip, blood-repellent, anti-fouling and self-cleaning applications.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Scientists used quantum correlations to make heat flow from a colder to a hotter medium without adding external energy, affording a deeper understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.
Jun 26th, 2019
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A junction between an ordinary metal and a special kind of superconductor has provided a robust platform to observe Klein tunneling.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a hydrophobic nanosponge to remove diesel fuel from contaminated water and soil.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Scientists have gained a never-before-seen view of nucleation - capturing how the atoms rearrange at 4D atomic resolution (that is, in three dimensions of space and across time). The findings differ from predictions based on the classical theory of nucleation that has long appeared in textbooks.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Insight into laser frequency combs improves understanding, advances technology.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Researchers have managed to produce nanowires with operating wavelengths that can be freely selected over a wide range - simply by altering the shell structure.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Adding hydroquinone, a skin-bleaching ingredient, to a well-known metal organic framework (MOF) changes its copper ions in a way that makes this porous material exceptionally stable in water.
Jun 26th, 2019
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By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variations.
Jun 26th, 2019
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Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped like soccer balls, shedding light on the mysterious contents of the interstellar medium (ISM) - the gas and dust that fills interstellar space.
Jun 26th, 2019
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