This novel material is ideal for applications such as oil spill cleaning, heat insulation as well as packaging, and it can potentially be used as coating materials for drug delivery and as smart materials for various biomedical applications.
Feb 3rd, 2016
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Researchers have designed and developed an in-situ snow cleaning method specifically for CMM styli after finding general cleaning solutions available on the market today were unfit for purpose.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Engineers found a way to keep a cancerous tumor from growing by using nanoparticles of the main ingredient in common antacid tablets.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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A new type of ultra-thin semiconductor laser under development can be integrated with mainstream electronics on the same silicon substrate with increased capacity and energy efficiency.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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When hydrogen is cycled into palladium nanoparticles, it alters and degrades the particles' structure over time due to strain.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Sandcastle worms serve as inspiration for a new type of underwater adhesive.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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The next generation of electronics, as well as ultra-sensitive medical diagnostics, could depend on near atomic scale cracks - or nanogaps - in electrodes. Now, researchers have developed a method that could pave the way for mass production of nanogap electrodes.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Researchers are developing a new method of cooling in which heat and cold are transferred using shape memory materials made from a nickel-titanium alloy.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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An international group of physicists has created an artificial material with a structure comparable to graphene.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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Compressing cells allows delivery of new fluorescent tags to track proteins in living cells.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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The structure's struts and braces are made of glassy carbon and are less than 1 micron long and 200 nm in diameter. They are smaller than comparable metamaterials by a factor of 5.
Feb 2nd, 2016
Read moreUsing nanoparticles to engineer a special drug, a team of researchers has demonstrated in mice a new way to both reduce preterm birth and avoid the risks of medication in pregnancy to unborn babies.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Scientists have developed a new biosensor test system based on magnetic nanoparticles that is similar (in its principal) to a pregnancy test. This system is designed to provide highly accurate measurements of the concentration of protein molecules (e.g. markers, which indicate the onset or development of a disease) in various samples, including opaque solutions or strongly coloured liquids.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Researchers are developing nondestructive ways to detect damage in composites, using traditional medical inspection techniques such as X-rays and sonograms and advanced methods including infrared imaging, ultrasonic spectroscopy and computed tomography.
Feb 1st, 2016
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A new analysis has revealed kerogen's internal structure, in detail down to the atomic level.
Feb 1st, 2016
Read moreThe discovery has the potential to improve technologies that involve microfluidics, heat transfer, heat exchange, micro-heat exchange, water management and thermal management.
Feb 1st, 2016
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