In a paper published in Nature Communications, the research team details the complex physical processes at work to understand the chemistry of ice formation. The molecular-level perspective of this process may help in predicting the formation and ...
May 27, 2021
Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have demonstrated that inhalable nanobodies can prevent and cure severe COVID-19 in hamsters by targeting the spike protein of the...
May 27, 2021
A new study from the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and Graz University of Technology (Austria), reveals that energy is needed for water to proceed through the...
May 27, 2021
Advanced materials with more novel properties are almost always developed by adding more elements to the list of ingredients. But quantum research suggests some simpler materials might already have advanced properties that scientists just...
May 27, 2021
An international team led by Empa and ETH Zurich researchers is playing with shape-engineered nanoscale building blocks that are up to 100-times larger than atoms and ions. And although these nano "Lego bricks" interact with each other w...
May 27, 2021
Scientists at Empa and EPFL have identified a new type of defect as the most common source of disorder in on-surface synthesized graphene nanoribbons, a novel class of carbon-based materials that may prove extremely useful in next-generation elec...
May 27, 2021
A light-harvesting nanomaterial inspired by the hierarchically structured biominerals in nature could be used to build artificial light-harvesting systems for bioimaging, photovoltaics, and other applications. Created by researchers at Pacific N...
May 27, 2021
Currently researchers have to rely on attaching fluorescent dyes or heavy metals to label parts of organic nanocarrier structures for investigation, often changing them in the process. A new technique using chemically-sensitive "soft" X...
May 27, 2021
Empa and ETH Zurich researchers are playing with shape-engineered nanoscale building blocks that are up to 100-times larger than atoms and ions. Although these nano "Lego bricks" interact with each other with forces vastly different and ...
May 27, 2021
Oysters' exposure to plastics is concerning, particularly because these materials can accumulate and release metals which are then absorbed by the molluscs. According to a recent study published in the journal Chemosphere, the combined presen...
May 27, 2021
