‘Liquid forensics’ could lead to safer drinking water
MU team develops new method of measuring the speed of sound in liquidsCredit: University of Missouri Ping! The popular 1990 ...
Tag: Materials
Pairing ‘glue’ for electrons in iron-based high-temp superconductors studied
Newly published research from a team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory sheds more light ...
Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts
Scientists chemically treated the surface of wire-looking nanostructures made of zinc oxide to apply a uniform coating of titanium dioxide; ...
On the way to nanotheranostics
Credit: S. Gerber (EPFL) Theranostics is an emerging field of medicine whose name is a combination of "therapeutics" and "diagnostics". ...
UK researchers develop ultrafast semiconductors
Cardiff in world-beating CS breakthroughCredit: Mike Hall Photography UK researchers have developed world-leading Compound Semiconductor (CS) technology that can drive ...
Left out to dry: A more efficient way to harvest algae biomass
University of Tsukuba researchers developed a new, highly efficient system for removing water from algae biomass with reusable nanostructured graphene, ...
Keck Foundation awards UT Austin chemists grant to squeeze more energy from sunlight
Credit: University of Texas at Austin The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to a team led ...
New technique allows real-time microscopy at high heat and loading
Credit: North Carolina State University Researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows them to track microscopic changes in metals or ...
One-molecule-thick coating to help improve disease and drug testing
A new breakthrough has the potential to improve sensors used to test for diseases and detect doping in sportsCredit: Dr. ...
Skoltech and DI Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology launch together a new bachelor program
Collaboration of D. I. Mendeleev University and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology resulted in opening a unique education program ...
Heat transport can be blocked more effectively with a more optimized holey nanostructure
Credit: University of Jyvaskyla/Ilari Maasilta The group of professor Ilari Maasilta at the Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä specializes on ...
A new rare metals alloy can change shape in the magnetic field
Scientists developed multifunctional metal alloys that emit and absorb heat at the same time and change their size and volume ...
Development of 3D particle model for single particles in battery electrodes
Development of 3D electrochemical model to improve battery energy density and efficiency of electric vehiclesCredit: DGIST A model that can ...
Window film could even out the indoor temperature using solar energy
Credit: Kasper Moth-Poulsen/Chalmers University of Technology A window film with a specially designed molecule could be capable of taking the ...