Researchers at Columbia University and colleagues at the University of Montreal and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) show how trace oxygen affects the growth rate of graphene and identify the link between oxygen and graphe...
Jun 1, 2024
A new, nano-scale look at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates in cells may offer greater precision in drug development, a Stanford University team reports in Nature Communications. Using advanced microscopy techniques, the researchers produced wha...
May 31, 2024
Materials that can maintain a magnetized state by themselves without an external magnetic field (i.e., permanent magnets) are called ferromagnets. Ferroelectrics can be thought of as the electric counterpart to ferromagnets, as they maintain a pol...
May 31, 2024
Wounds that are superficial for some can be life-threatening for others. With diabetic wounds, healing can be slow, particularly in the feet, increasing the tissue's susceptibility to infection. Foot ulcers and other diabetic foot complicatio...
May 31, 2024
Self-assembly, the spontaneous organization of molecules into ordered structures, has long captivated scientists with its elegance and potential. By harnessing the same principles that shape cellular membranes and crystalline materials, researcher...
May 31, 2024
National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a computational imaging technique to extract three-dimensional (3D) information from a single two-dimensional (2D) electron micrograph. This method can be readily implemented in most...
May 31, 2024
Sparc Technologies has announced the commencement of ecosparc (its flagship graphene-based additive product) field trials with the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT).
May 31, 2024
Blue energy has the potential to provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. In simple terms, it involves harnessing the energy produced when the ions in a salt solution move from high to low concentrations. A team including researchers fro...
May 30, 2024
RIKEN chemists have demonstrated a gold nanocluster system that carries two components of a drug in a controlled ratio for maximum cancer-cell killing effect (Chemical Science, "Clickable bisreactive small gold nanoclusters for preparing mult...
May 30, 2024
Lenses are used to bend and focus light. Normal lenses rely on their curved shape to achieve this effect, but physicists from the University of Amsterdam and Stanford University have made a flat lens of only three atoms thick which relies on quant...
May 30, 2024
