Most catalysts that promote the conversion of glucose to sorbitol offer certain properties while requiring compromises on others. Now, researchers from Osaka University have reported a hydrotalcite-supported nickel phosphide nanoparticle catalyst ...
Feb 4, 2021
Sending tiny droplets to a tumor and having them vaporized using focused ultrasound: It could be a new way of tracing a tumor or deliver drugs locally. Researchers of the University of Twente now demonstrate a new phenomenon triggering droplet vap...
Feb 4, 2021
With the help of these quantum dots, researchers can use super-resolution technology to break the optical diffraction limit and fill the gap between the electron microscope (about 1 nm) and the ordinary visible optical microscope (200-250 nm).
Feb 4, 2021
When two sheets of graphene are stacked atop each other at just the right angle, the layered structure morphs into an unconventional superconductor, allowing electric currents to pass through without resistance or wasted energy. This "magic-...
Feb 4, 2021
Antimicrobial packaging is created to prolong the shelf life and ensure the safety of foods and beverages. But there is a concern regarding the leaching of possibly detrimental materials, like silver...
Feb 4, 2021
Sending tiny droplets to a tumor and having them vaporized using focused ultrasound: it could be a new way of tracing a tumor or deliver drugs locally.
Feb 4, 2021
Nanocellulose lines the cell walls of plants, trees, algae and bacteria consisting of glucose rings that link together like a chain and give it a rigged structure. In a perspective published in Nature, a University of Maryland (UMD) research team ...
Feb 4, 2021
MIT researchers and colleagues have discovered an important—and unexpected—electronic property of graphene, a material discovered only about 17 years ago that continues to surprise scientists with its interesting physics. The work, which involves ...
Feb 4, 2021
Labtech is pleased to announce the latest innovation from Kleindiek NanoTechnik - the PS8e, a fully encoded, high-end nanoprobing solution. As current and future device technology gets ever smaller at...
Feb 4, 2021
Scientists from MIPT, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical tunneling in...
Feb 4, 2021
