Ultra-stiff graphene was a result of optical forging in a recent study to cater to nanomechanical experiments. The flimsy structure of the graphene is now solved with a workaround.
May 26, 2021
Scientists recently developed nanobots or nano-sized robots and vehicles which are capable of navigating through blood vessels to deliver drugs in the fight against certain illnesses.
May 26, 2021
As the mostly widely used material on Earth, concrete has a massive carbon footprint that scientists are working to chip away at in all sorts of ways. Recent research projects have demonstrated how the wonder material graphene could play a role in...
May 26, 2021
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard for diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the PCR portion of the test requires bulky, expensive machines and takes about an hour to complete, making it ...
May 26, 2021
Professor Joon Won Park's research team at POSTECH reveals the structure of a hetero-oligomer nano-aggregate - a substance that causes Parkinson's and dementia - through quadruple force mapping.
May 26, 2021
The GaN Nano II devices can charge the M1 MacBook Pro at full speed.
May 25, 2021
As antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more prevalent, silver has seen steep growth in its use in things like antibacterial coatings. Still, a better understanding can provide clues on how to best apply it. Researchers have now monitored the inte...
May 25, 2021
Graphene is an ultrathin material characterized by its ultrasmall bending modulus, superflimsiness. Now researchers have demonstrated how an experimental technique called optical forging can make graphene ultrastiff, increase its stiffness by seve...
May 25, 2021
Scientists 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 electronic devices. Th...
May 25, 2021
Researchers led by Hong Zhang at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences of the University of Amsterdam have been able to provide insight into the microscopic dynamics of energy transfer and conversion in doped phosphors. Using dedic...
May 25, 2021
