Scientists have demonstrated how to image samples of heavy elements as small as a single nanogram. The new approach will help scientists advance new technologies for medical imaging and cancer therapies.
Mar 24, 2021
Metal foams are durable, and their small pores and large surface areas suggest they could effectively filter out microbes. Researchers have transformed copper nanowires into metal foams that could be used in facemasks and air filtration systems.
Mar 24, 2021
Materials science likes to take nature and the special properties of living beings that could potentially be transferred to materials as a model. A research team has succeeded in endowing materials with a bioinspired property: Wafer-thin stiff nan...
Mar 24, 2021
Researchers from the Department of Orthopedics of Tongji Hospital at Tongji University in Shanghai have successfully used a nanobiomaterial called layered double hydroxide (LDH) to inhibit the...
Mar 24, 2021
Two-dimensional (2D) perovskites are multiple quantum well (QW) structures formed by alternating inorganic and organic layers. They are promising in applications of solar cells, LEDs, and photodetectors.
Mar 24, 2021
Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden developed a novel thermometer seen to revolutionize quantum computing and thermodynamics.
Mar 24, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have grown accustomed to wearing facemasks, but many coverings are fragile and not easily disinfected. Metal foams are durable, and their small pores and large surface areas suggest they could effectively filte...
Mar 24, 2021
Researchers led by Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry and the Heidelberg-based MPI for Medical Research have developed a light microscopy method, MINSTED, that is able to resolve fluorescently labeled details w...
Mar 24, 2021
For many years, sustainable catalysts that play a key role in global Energiewende—that is, the phase-out of nuclear and fossil fuels—have been a proven research theme at the University of...
Mar 24, 2021
Graphene is made of one single layer of carbon atoms, and the discovery of this material was the starting point for a worldwide race: currently, the so-called “2D materials” are made of...
Mar 24, 2021
