Study could help develop biosensors for non-invasive diagnosis of diseases
Brazilian researchers tested the capacity of different materials to produce sensors for the detection of PCA3, a gene that is ...
Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines
Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol: Low temperature, high efficiency, and long working time
Credit: DICP Efficient conversion of CO2 is strategically significant for alleviating the energy crisis and achieving the goal of carbon ...
Tunable smart materials
Researchers at Osaka University invent tunable microparticles that can assemble into larger structures based on the content of attached chemical ...
Diamond color centers for nonlinear photonics
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba use color center defects in diamonds to demonstrate second-order nonlinear optical effects, which may ...
Modification of graphene using laser light
Credit: University of Jyväskylä Graphene is a new exciting material, which has been characterized as "the wonder material" because of ...
Solving ‘barren plateaus’ is the key to quantum machine learning
New theorems put quantum machine learning on rigorous footing and identify the key issue that will determine whether it will ...
Looking at optical Fano resonances under a new light
Scientists advance understanding of optical Fano resonances and show new ways to manipulate light with metamaterialsCredit: Overvig and Alù, DOI: ...
Research finds surprising electron interaction in ‘magic-angle’ graphene
Credit: Li lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In 2018, physicists showed that something interesting happens when two sheets ...
New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production
Sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, top performance, long operating lifeCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March ...
Light it up: uOttawa researchers demonstrate practical metal nanostructures
Credit: Yaryna Mamchur, co-author and Mitacs Summer Student from the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, ...
Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter
Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogapsCredit: Natelson Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 18, ...
‘We marry disorder with order’
Physicists able to determine properties of mesoporous materials more preciselyCredit: Photo: Swen Reichhold, Leipzig University He and his research group ...
Catching electrons in action in an antiferromagnetic nanowire
Credit: Ranjit Pati/Michigan Tech The electron is one of the fundamental particles in nature we read about in school. Its ...
UC-led research looks at alternative to treat eye diseases
Federally funded study says drug delivery for certain common eye diseases could be improvedCredit: University of Cincinnati Getting poked in ...
Distinguished Lehigh researcher Zakya Kafafi elected to National Academy of Engineering
Kafafi's 'contributions to materials technologies for organic optoelectronics' recognized with one of the highest honors given to engineers in the ...
Project investigates remote control of enzymes using light
The study showed that not only the composition of the material but also its geometry influenced the effect of the ...
Acoustic graphene plasmons study paves way for optoelectronic applications
The first images of mid-infrared optical waves compressed 1,000 times captured using a highly sensitive scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope. ...
Story tips: Urban climate impacts, materials’ dual approach and healing power
Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Modeling - Urban climate impacts Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have identified ...
Sweden’s quantum computer project shifts up a gear
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is almost doubling the annual budget of the research initiative Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, ...
Wider horizons for highly ordered nanohole arrays
More transition metals available to make ordered porous metallic oxide thin filmsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from ...