Tag: Materials

Researchers demonstrate that perovskite crystals and quantum dots working together can increase stability of solar materialsCredit: Sanyang Han University of ...

Scientists break record for highest-temperature superconductor

Experiment produces new material that can conduct electricity perfectlyCredit: Courtesy of Drozdov et al. University of Chicago scientists are part ...

Good vibrations: Using piezoelectricity to ensure hydrogen sensor sensitivity

Researchers at Osaka University develop a new process for producing palladium nanoparticles that are 12 times more sensitive to hydrogen ...

Charging into the future — novel rock salt for use in rechargeable magnesium batteries

A unique method to use novel rock salt in rechargeable magnesium batteriesCredit: Tokyo University of Science Life today depends heavily ...

3D-printed device detects biomarkers of preterm birth

Credit: Adapted from Anal. Chem. 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01395 Preterm birth (PTB) -- defined as birth before the 37th week of ...

Press registration opens for American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition

WASHINGTON, May 22,2019 -- Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2019 National ...

NTU Singapore develops technology that can 3D-print a bathroom unit within a day

Innovation developed in partnership with Sembcorp Design and Construction, and Sembcorp Architects & EngineersCredit: NTU Singapore Researchers from Nanyang Technological ...

Funding awarded for three new DFG research training groups

A great success for FAU: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved three new research training groups (RTG) at the ...

World’s first wearable kidney goal of USask-led research team

$250,000 in Canadian federal funding for 'innovative' researchCredit: Daniel Hallen, University of Saskatchewan An artificial portable kidney that patients who ...

Strain enables new applications of 2D materials

Scientists are pleased to find that the application of mechanical strain appears to manipulate the conductivity of low-dimensional materials, including ...

Brookhaven’s Mircea Cotlet named a Battelle “Inventor of the Year”

Award recognizes his research on light-matter interactions in hybrid nanomaterialsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Materials scientist Mircea Cotlet of the ...

Original kilogram replaced — new International System of Units (SI) entered into force

Credit: IKZ In addition to Ampere, Kelvin, Mol and Co., the kilogram also is now defined by a natural constant. ...

Re-designing hydrogenases

Hydrogenases are enzymes that catalyze hydrogen activation. There are three types of hydrogenases in nature, all containing iron and some ...

A better understanding of the von Willebrand Factor’s A2 domain