Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01279 Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant ...

A new facial analysis method detects genetic syndromes with high precision and specificity

Developed by Araceli Morales, Gemma Piella and Federico Sukno, members of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, together with ...

Few-cycle pulses break the 300 W barrier

Credit: MBI A team led by researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), ...

Perovskite solar cells: Possible aspects of high efficiency uncovered

Credit: HZB Solar cells based on perovskites have reached enormously high efficiencies within a few years, only. Those containing hybrid ...

Epitaxially-grown molybdenum oxide advances as a bulk-like 2D dielectric layer

Credit: JongHoon Kim Since the successful isolation of graphene from bulk graphite, remarkable properties of graphene have attracted many scientists ...

TU Graz researchers develop new 3D printing for the direct production of nanostructures

Credit: © Harald Plank, Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis at TU Graz In the nanometer range, complex, free-standing 3D ...

Stretchable, degradable semiconductors

Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00850 To seamlessly integrate electronics with the natural world, materials are needed ...

Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts

Credit: Sune Levin and Nature Communications Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have ...

New material points toward highly efficient solar cells

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need ...

Drug dust

New technology could help law enforcement detect smaller amounts of fentanyl with a higher degree of accuracy than any other ...

Low-cost, portable system takes OCT beyond ophthalmology

Researchers adapt OCT system to make it useful for minimally invasive joint surgeryCredit: Evan T. Jelly, Duke University WASHINGTON -- ...

Study reveals breach of ‘dancing’ barrier governs crystal growth

Controlling crystal growth for innovations in medicine, engineeringCredit: Meenesh Singh While crystals have been studied for centuries and are ubiquitous ...

New Pitt research finds carbon nanotubes show a love/hate relationship with water

Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Nov. 12, 2019) -- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. ...

Ivan Biaggio elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America

Credit: Photo courtesy of Lehigh department of physics Ivan Biaggio, professor physics at Lehigh University, joined a distinguished group of ...

Nuclear warheads? This robot can find them

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Trust, but verify. -- Ronald Reagan Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots ...

Using sound waves to remotely target drugs to tumors

Researchers have combined an ultrafast ultrasound imaging system with ultrasonic tweezers to track, trap and target drug carriers within a ...

Researchers strengthen weakest link in manufacturing strong materials

Credit: Kenta Yamanaka et al, Tohoku University Industrial and automotive machinery, such as automotive engine parts, contain materials that are, ...

Brookhaven-Commonwealth Fusion Energy Project wins DOE funding

Through DOE's new Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program, Brookhaven will partner with Massachusetts-based startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems to ...

Spray painting fiber bandages onto wounds

A new device can deposit drug-delivering fibers directly onto biological materialCredit: L.G. Huston and E.A. Kooistra-Manning, Montana Technological University WASHINGTON, ...

Magnetic tuning at the nanoscale