Scientists discover 'hot spots' around atomic defects in diamonds, challenging assumptions about the world's best heat conductor.
Dec 9, 2025
UNSW researchers are turning what was once waste into a protective film that could help extend the expiry date of some of Australia's favorite summer fruits.
Dec 8, 2025
Boron, a chemical element next to carbon in the periodic table, is known for its unique ability to form complex bond networks. Unlike carbon, which typically bonds with two or three neighboring atoms, boron can share electrons among several atoms....
Dec 8, 2025
DNA nanostructures are exciting new biomedical tools with myriad potential in treatment, diagnosis and disease prevention. Made of folded DNA, these nanostructures are highly programmable and have been used in bioengineering professor Xing Wang�...
Dec 8, 2025
A KAIST research team has developed a new water-based air purification technology that combines nano water droplets that capture dust with a nano sponge structure that autonomously draws up water, enabling dust removal using nano water droplets wi...
Dec 8, 2025
Using proteins from a common tobacco plant virus, McGill chemistry researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to arrange gold nanoparticles into ultrathin sheets, strengthening the particles' optical properties. The result: cheaper...
Dec 8, 2025
Metallenes are atomically thin metals whose unique properties make them extremely promising for nanoscale applications. However, their extreme thinness makes them also flimsy.
Dec 8, 2025
Researchers from the Physical Chemistry and Theory departments at the Fritz Haber Institute have found a new way to image layers of boron nitride that are only a single atom thick. This material is usually nearly invisible in optical microscopes b...
Dec 8, 2025
Researchers stabilize atomically thin metallenes, turning flimsy metals into robust platforms for nanoscale devices, energy technologies and biomedicine.
Dec 8, 2025
A new atomically precise carbon sheet combines nanoporous graphene and biphenylene stripes, offering controlled semiconducting behavior, tunable mechanics, and selective gas interaction for future electronic and sensing applications.
Dec 8, 2025
