A cost-effective method for mass production of printed flexible graphene-based electronics
Researchers developed a versatile, low-cost and customizable method for patterning graphene oxide onto a myriad of substrates.
Feb 5th, 2016
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Counting cancer-busting oxygen molecules
Researchers have shown that nanoparticles used in combination with X-rays, are a viable method for killing cancer cells deep within the living body.
Feb 5th, 2016
Read moreThe iron stepping stones to better wearable tech without semiconductors
The road to more versatile wearable technology is dotted with iron. Specifically, quantum dots of iron arranged on boron nitride nanotubes.
Feb 5th, 2016
Read moreA better foundation for 3D memory
The discovery of metal-like domain walls in magnetic insulators may help realize energy-efficient memory devices with massive storage capacities.
Feb 5th, 2016
Read moreCopper atoms made to lase at ultrashort x-ray wavelengths
The first atomic laser to operate at ultrashort x-ray wavelengths will enable dynamic atomic and quantum interactions to be probed at very short time scales.
Feb 5th, 2016
Read moreNew twist on old tech could bring living color at low power
By marrying state-of-the-art nanometer-scale gratings with a Space Age-era thin-film polymer, researchers have developed a new technology for building power-sipping full-color video displays, switches and routers for optical signals, as well as smart windows and coatings.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreGraphene is strong, but is it tough?
Scientists find that polycrystalline graphene is not very resistant to fracture.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreScientists guide gold nanoparticles to form 'diamond' superlattices
DNA scaffolds cage and coax nanoparticles into position to form crystalline arrangements that mimic the atomic structure of diamond.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreLithium battery catalyst nanoparticles found to harm key soil microorganism
The material at the heart of the lithium ion batteries that power electric vehicles, laptop computers and smartphones has been shown to impair a key soil bacterium.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreResearchers seek efficient means of splitting water with nanorods
Researchers studied water-splitting activity on the surface of nanorods of the semiconductor titanium dioxide, finding that variations in the structure of the surface determine where and how the reaction takes place.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreScientists take key step toward custom-made nanoscale chemical factories
Scientists have for the first time reengineered a building block of a geometric nanocompartment that occurs naturally in bacteria to give it a new function.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreScientists bridge different materials by design
Researchers have shown that it is possible to design and construct interfaces between materials with different structures by making a bridge between them.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreMetal oxide sandwiches: New option to manipulate properties of interfaces
A Franco-German cooperation has investigated a sandwich system of transition metal oxides. The scientists discovered a new option to control properties of the interface between the two layers, for instance the amount of charge transferred from one layer to the other or the emergence of ferromagnetism.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreIs lignin the crude oil of the future?
Maybe so, thanks to the Sun and nano photocatalysts.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreLight signals from living cells
Scientists report on a process that uses pressure to deliver chemical probes in a fine-tuned manner into living cells.
Feb 4th, 2016
Read moreA fast solidification process makes material crackle
Researchers have developed a theory that combines for the first time the understanding of vibrations in solid material and the solidification of liquid at a microscopic level.
Feb 4th, 2016
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