Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials -; called MXenes -; in 2011, Drexel University researchers have made steady progress in understanding the complex chemical composition and...
Sep 26, 2022
What happens when people unknowingly eat, drink or inhale nearly invisible pieces of plastic? Although it’s unclear what impact this really has on humans, researchers have now taken a step toward answering that question.
Sep 26, 2022
There has been a lot of buzz about quantum computers, and for a good reason. The futuristic computers are designed to mimic what happens in nature at microscopic scales, which means they have the power to understand the quantum realm better and sp...
Sep 25, 2022
Researchers from the UK's Imperial College London have developed graphene-based flexible clothing sensors that can detect body movement, with potential applications in injury rehabilitation, human-computer interaction systems, and athletic tr...
Sep 25, 2022
A new copper coating could be the next superbug fighter. A new copper covering that kills bacteria faster and in greater amounts than existing formulations might be available for hospitals and other high-traffic locations in the near future.
Sep 23, 2022
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Sep 23, 2022
An important component of the vaccines protecting people against SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants are lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs. These circular particles carry therapeutic mRNA payloads, the snippets of genetic material that trigger our immune...
Sep 23, 2022
Low-dimensional materials (LDMs) have gained significant prominence in nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) resonators because of their exotic physical, photonic, and electronic characteristics augmented by exceptionally high surface-to-volume rati...
Sep 23, 2022
In a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, zinc ions were detected in marine environments affected by oil pollution, using mercury-free nanoporous gold electrodes for square-wave anode stripping voltammetry (SW-ASV).
Sep 23, 2022
Shigella bacteria, which causes Shigellosis, is the primary cause of bacterial diarrhea and diarrheal death among juveniles under five years of age. Because of the antibiotic resistance of Shigella strains, no commercial vaccines are available to ...
Sep 23, 2022
