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Crab-shell and seaweed compounds spin into yarns for sustainable and functional materials
Researchers from Aalto University, the University of São Paulo and the University of British Columbia have found a way to make a new kind of fibre from a combination of...
Tiny Magnetic Structures Enhance Medical Science
Researchers review the state of the art in magnetic nanostructures. One especially interesting advance involves an exotic nanodisc configuration, known as a vortex state, where magnetic moments arrange into a...
Instant Hydrogen Production for Powering Fuel Cells
Due to its affordability and environmental friendliness, hydrogen is a feasible alternative to fossil fuels for energy applications. However, due to its low density, hydrogen is difficult to transport efficiently,...
Tiny magnetic structures enhance medical science
Small magnetic objects, which have been used successfully in technological applications such as data storage, are showing promise in the biomedical field. Magnetic nanostructures have interesting properties that enhance novel...
Theoretical Study Points to Jade-Like Materials as Quantum Spin Liquids
Materials that can host this exotic liquid-like magnetic state could be harnessed for next-generation energy and computing applications.
Molecule modification could improve reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel could become safer and more efficient in future after researchers found a way to modify the structure of molecules to remove radioactive materials.
Chemist creates cheap catalysts for the production of vanillin
A chemist from RUDN University has created cheap and effective catalysts for the production of vanillin using spinel nanoparticles with copper oxide nanoparticles. Hydrogen peroxide was used as an oxidizing...
Chemist creates new catalysts for click reactions
A chemist from RUDN University has created a series of catalysts for click chemistry. These reactions are widely used in the synthesis of biologically active substances, as well as in...
Putting a nanomachine to work
A team of chemists at LMU has successfully coupled the directed motion of a light-activated molecular motor to a different chemical unit—thus taking an important step toward the realization of...
The roughening of a platinum electrode
Smooth platinum electrodes roughen and wear when subjected to repeated cycles of oxidation and reduction, which causes nanometer scale mounds to grow. Leiden chemists Leon Jacobse and Mark Koper, together...
Nanoscopy through a plasmonic nanolens
Imaging at the scale of a single molecule has gained much recent research interest in diverse fields of molecular biology, physics and nanotechnology. Researchers have used super-resolution microscopy to access...
The most beautiful solar cells are inspired by nature
Organic solar cells are usually less effective than silicon solar cells. But there is still a market for them—and they're beautiful and exciting.
BTS connects with the art world in global exhibition
K-pop superstars BTS have moved out of their familiar realm of stadiums packed with screaming fans into a new, quieter milieu: the world of contemporary art.
N.L. university leading charge to electrify heating in province's public buildings
The provincial government is aggressively moving ahead with plans to wean public buildings off oil-fueled heating systems, and Memorial University could lead that charge.
Chemists propose new reagents for the removal of lead from wastewater
RUDN University chemists together with colleagues from other countries have synthesized new compounds that effectively bind lead ions and can be used to remove it from wastewater and even from...
Beating the Heat in the Living Wings of Butterflies
Columbia engineers and Harvard biologists discover that butterflies have specialized behaviors and wing scales to protect the living parts of their wings. The nanostructures found in the wing scales could...
Method detects defects in 2-D materials for future electronics, sensors
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using 2-D materials, but manufacturers need a quick and accurate method for detecting defects...
Science at the interface: Bioinspired materials reveal useful properties
Researchers explore new materials with physical properties that can be custom-tailored to suit particular needs. The work is inspired by mechanisms in nature, where the complex three-dimensional structure of surrounding...
Keeping up with the Curies: Husband-and-wife team wins prestigious physics award
Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane have won this year's Benjamin Franklin Medal.
Method detects defects in 2D materials for future electronics, sensors
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using 2D materials, but manufacturers need a quick and accurate method for detecting defects...
Lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
Scientists are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste into valuable graphene...
How to take a picture of a light pulse
Until now, complex experimental equipment was required to measure the shape of a light pulse. Now, it can be done in a tiny crystal with the size of less than...
Researchers advance solar material production
A team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) material for solar cells or other applications, a discovery that could advance the solar...
Current model for storing nuclear waste is incomplete
The materials the United States and other countries plan to use to store high level nuclear waste will likely degrade faster than anyone previously knew, because of the way those...
Cutting road transport pollution could help plants grow
Cutting emissions of particular gases could improve conditions for plants, allowing them to grow faster and capture more carbon, new research suggests.
Kiss and run: How cells sort and recycle their components
What can be reused and what can be disposed of? Cells also face this tricky task. Researchers have now discovered a cellular machine, called FERARI, that sorts out usable proteins...
Organic farm advantages in biodiversity and profits depend on location
For organic farms, size matters: not so much the size of the farm itself, but the size of the neighboring fields.
Nanocontainers introduced into the nucleus of living cells
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel in Switzerland has succeeded in creating a direct path for artificial nanocontainers to enter into the nucleus of living cells. To this...