Upcycling plastic bags into battery parts (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Plastic bag pollution has become a huge environmental problem, prompting some cities and countries to heavily ...
Tag: Materials
Laser-induced graphene gets tough, with help
Rice University lab combines conductive foam with other materials for capable new compositesCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 12, ...
New gel for liver cell culture on microchips
Credit: Karin Söderlund Leifler/Linköping University Scientists at Linköping University have developed a new method to produce hydrated materials, hydrogels, that ...
NSF Award funds sensor research at Kent State's new Advanced Materials Institute
Credit: Kent State University Many homes today include safety devices like smoke, radon and carbon monoxide detectors to warn us ...
New device simplifies measurement of fluoride contamination in water
Credit: Marie-Thé and Etienne Roux Adding fluoride to water has been common practice in a number of countries, including the ...
Rice U. lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics
Scientists marry gas-trapping framework to light-powered nanocatalystsCredit: Image courtesy of LANP/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 8, 2019) -- When Rice ...
Turning a porous material's color on and off with acid
Credit: Photo credit: Hisaki I. et al., Acid Responsive Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks, Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 7, ...
USC scientists find a cheaper way to light up OLED screens
Iridium has been generating light and color for organic LED (OLED) screens on smartphones and TVs, but it is the ...
Researchers track down new biocatalysts
Microbiologists at the University of Göttingen develop new phytase screening methodCredit: G A Castillo Villamizar Phosphate is a key element ...
Learning transistor mimics the brain
An evolvable organic electrochemical transistor for neuromorphic applicationsCredit: Thor Balkhed A new transistor based on organic materials has been developed ...
UC Riverside physicists create exotic electron liquid
The first production of an electron liquid at room temperature opens the way for new optoelectronic devices and basic physics ...
Graphene biosensor could provide early lung cancer diagnosis, research shows
The wonder-material graphene could hold the key to unlocking the next generation of advanced, early stage lung cancer diagnosis. A ...
Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy
A mollusk with teeth that can grind down rock may hold the key to making next generation abrasion-resistant materials and ...
Effectively collecting tiny droplets for biomedical analysis and beyond
Credit: City University of Hong Kong & PNAS In a single sneeze or a cough, as many as 40,000 tiny ...
Highly sensitive method to detect potential cancer biomarker
New platform created using molecular imprinting technologyCredit: Kobe University Exosomes regulate intercellular communication in cancers, and are drawing attention as ...
The Graphene Pavilion returns to Mobile World Congress 2019
The pavilion will showcase the progress of graphene innovation through new prototypes, connecting mobile technologies, wearables, and the Internet of ...
Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials' properties
New approach holds potential to slash research and development costs for designer materials and technologies of the futureCredit: Jari Järvi/Aalto ...
Smart, self-powered knee implants could reduce number of knee replacement surgeries
Implants can provide doctors with regular activity updates and are powered by the patient's movementCredit: Binghamton University, State University of ...
Scientists use microorganism to fabricate functional bacterial cellulose in situ
Credit: GAO Minghong Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a cellulose material produced by microbial fermentation with a unique porous network structure. ...
NUS engineers develop novel strategy for designing tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications
MoS2 quantum dots synthesised with the new approach can potentially generate cancer-killing properties Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) nanomaterials ...
