Oil and water do not mix, but what happens where oil and water meet? Or where air meets liquid? Unique reactions occur at these interfaces, which a team of researchers based in Japan used to develop the first successful construction of uniform, el...
Oct 28, 2021
CT imaging with gold nanoparticles can detect vascular inflammation in mice; the nanoparticles could also play a role in treatment of such diseases The post Gold nanoparticles show promise for imaging and therapy of vascular disease appeared first...
Oct 28, 2021
Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional (2D) boron-containing materials. In a study published this month in the Journal of ...
Oct 28, 2021
Spontaneous wide-area spreading of oil on water inspires a facile energy-saving route of crafting electrically conductive nanostructures for future sensor/energy devices. Oil and water do... The post On-Water Creation of Conducting MOF Nanosheets...
Oct 28, 2021
NeoGraf Solutions, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance natural and synthetic graphite sheet and powder products, has extended its range of next-generation graphite materials with the launch of Graf-X™ graphene nanoplatelets (G...
Oct 28, 2021
Heterostructures of atomically thin layers help control heat transfer. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found new ways of controlling how heat flows through thin... The post Atomic Scale “Lasagna” Controls Heat Flow at the Nano...
Oct 28, 2021
It's become painfully obvious over the past few years just how difficult fully autonomous cars are. This isn't a dig at any of the companies developing autonomous cars (unless they're the sort of company who keeps on making ludicrou...
Oct 27, 2021
Scientists at Toshiba have developed a photonic chip system capable of virtually uncrackable quantum communications, with enough performance to secure video calls over metropolitan distances and enough stability to continuously operate for days, a...
Oct 27, 2021
Chemical reactions can be studied at different levels: At the level of individual atoms and molecules, new compounds can be designed. At the level of tiny particles on the nano and micrometer scale, one can understand how catalyst materials influe...
Oct 27, 2021
In 1545, King Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, capsized and sank in the Battle of the Solent defending England and Portsmouth from a French invasion fleet. The wreck remained on the seabed until 1982 when it was salvaged in a widely...
Oct 27, 2021
