Can an antifreeze protein also promote ice formation?
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do bothCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Antifreeze is life's means of surviving ...
Tag: Materials
Lightweight metal foams become bone hard and explosion proof after being nanocoated
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to ...
Engineering living ‘scaffolds’ for building materials
Researchers at Berkeley Lab take cues from nature to form living materials with unprecedented control and versatilityCredit: Berkeley Lab When ...
Touchscreens go 3D with buttons that pulsate and vibrate under your fingertips
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze By pulsing or vibrating on demand, smartphone screens can help users navigate through a menu ...
Review of the recent advances of 2D nanomaterials in Lit-ion batteries
Credit: Author The upcoming energy crisis and increasing power requirements of electronic devices have drawn attention to the field of ...
Fingermark imaging for drug detection
Credit: Author In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from Zhejiang have uncovered a ...
New method to reduce uranium concentration in contaminated water
Credit: Author In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from China have proposed a ...
UTA researcher earns grants to control ultrasound waves for detecting structural damage
Damage detectionCredit: UT Arlington Haiying Huang, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, ...
Looking back and forward: A decadelong quest for a transformative transistor
Negative capacitance field-effect transistors are being explored as a way to make traditional transistors more efficient -- by simply adding ...
Powering devices — with a desk lamp?
Batteries power most of our devices, and even some cars. But researchers now report in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ...
X-ray analysis of carbon nanostructures helps material design
Credit: HZB Optimized nanoporous carbons can serve as electrodes for fast electron and ion transport or improve the performance of ...
Physicists proposed fast method for printing nanolasers from rerovskites
Credit: ITMO University An international research team has developed a new method of synthesizing miniature light sources. It is based ...
Light provides control for 3D printing with multiple materials
MADISON -- 3D printing has revolutionized the fields of healthcare, biomedical engineering, manufacturing and art design. Successful applications have come ...
UNH researchers create a hydrogel contact lens to treat serious eye disease
Credit: UNH/UCD DURHAM, N.H. - Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have created a hydrogel that could one day ...
Research team uses artificial muscles to develop an air conditioner for the future
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze It can be used to cool or heat the air in a room or to ...
Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale
Credit: Paragraf A recent University of Cambridge spin-out company, Paragraf, has started producing graphene - a sheet of carbon just ...
Researchers improve description of defective oxides with first principles calculation
Team develops site-dependent +U correction parametersCredit: Ulrich Aschauer Some perovskite oxides, for example, have shown a wide spectrum of technologically ...
Elucidation of structural property in Li-ion batteries that deliver ultra-fast charging
Improving Li-ion batteries by coating their cathode with BaTiO3 nanodotsCredit: Nano Letters Scientists at Tokyo Tech and Okayama University found ...
Controlling thermal conductivity of polymers with light
Credit: University of Illinois Materials Research Lab Polymers are regularly used as thermal insulators for everything from keeping beverages hot ...
Researchers of Russia and Finland to create a unique wind turbine for the Arctic
Researchers develop energy-efficient installations based on the use of wind power to supply consumers in the ArcticCredit: https://pixabay.com/ (free) Peter ...
