Tag: Materials

Credit: Milad Abolhasani Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University at Buffalo have developed a technology called "Artificial ...

Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce

Rice University lab's protein coating extends shelf life of perishable fruits and vegetablesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 4, ...

Universal access to spectrometers one step closer

Credit: © Leipzig University, Swen Reichhold Professor Grundmann is optimistic about the future: "In the longer term, we want this ...

Scientists aim gene-targeting breakthrough against COVID-19

Cellular delivery system developed at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry could be missing link in battle against SARS-CoV-2Credit: R.N. Zuckermann A ...

The sensitive strain sensor that can detect the weight of a feather

Credit: University of Sussex Physicists have created the most sensitive strain sensor ever made, capable of detecting a feather's touch. ...

Metasurface opens world of polarization

Device may have far-reaching applications in polarization imaging, quantum optics, and moreCredit: (Image courtesy of Zhujun Shi/Harvard SEAS) Polarization, the ...

Graphene and 2D materials could move electronics beyond ‘Moore’s Law’

Credit: The University of Manchester A team of researchers based in Manchester, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the USA ...

Etching the road to a hydrogen economy using plasma jets

Scientists improve light-driven water-splitting to produce hydrogen by etching the reaction catalyst with plasma jets in solutionCredit: Tokyo University of ...

Anisotropy of spin-lattice relaxations in molecular magnets

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Scientists from IFJ PAN in cooperation with researchers from the Nara Women's University (Japan) and the ...

Double-sided solar panels that follow the sun prove most cost effective

Credit: Rodríguez-Gallegos et al./Joule Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels--which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one--and ...

Super water-repellent materials are now durable enough for the real world

A new armour-plated superhydrophobic material has been developed for potential uses in medical equipment, solar panels and moreCredit: Aalto University ...

Solar hydrogen production: Splitting water with UV is now at almost 100% quantum efficiency

A new strategy for the optimal electroreduction of Co2 to high-value products

Credit: KAIST Researchers suggest that modulation of local CO2 concentration improves the selectivity, conversion rate, and electrode stability, and shed ...

Lighting the way to porous electronics and sensors

Researchers from Osaka University introduce a straightforward fabrication method that dramatically improves the gas sensing performance of a common ceramicCredit: ...

Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method

Applying a specific level of electric field is a shortcut to near-perfect alignment of the building blocks in vital technologies, ...

Get excited by neural networks

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The ...

New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing

Universal first-principles approach will accelerate the identification and design of materials for quantum information science and other spintronics applicationsCredit: Xinran ...

The nature of glass-forming liquids is more clear

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Glass is such a common, everyday material that ...

Exotic nanotubes move in less-mysterious ways

June 2, 2020

Rice scientists, engineers show boron nitride's promise for composites, biomedical applicationsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 2, 2020) - ...

‘A litmus paper for CO2:’ Scientists develop paper-based sensors for carbon dioxide