A COVID-19 vaccine — or two — is just around the corner, bringing with it the possibility of a return to normalcy for many people. These medical interventions use nanotechnology to mimic nature’s own method of slipping past the immune system to de...
Dec 4, 2020
Juniyali Nauriyal, a doctoral student at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics, said she was always interested in physics but she had a special knack for optics. She received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Mu...
Dec 4, 2020
The fact that carbon nanotubes exhibit fluorescence is well known. However, it is surprising and potentially useful to find a second level of fluorescence. A new study has now revealed how that works....
Dec 4, 2020
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found that graphene-based heat pipes can help solve the problems of cooling electronics and power systems used in avionics, data centres,...
Dec 4, 2020
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have demonstrated how a microcavity laser can produce energy-saving and user-safe laser emissions requiring low pump power. The work has implications for nanoscale biological applications.
Dec 4, 2020
That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.
Dec 4, 2020
A new tool that uses light to map out the electronic structures of crystals could reveal the capabilities of emerging quantum materials and pave the way for advanced energy technologies and quantum computers.
Dec 4, 2020
That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.
Dec 4, 2020
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), which produce electricity using methanol, will be an alternative solution in the transition away from fossil fuels and toward a "hydrogen" economy. However, undesired methanol oxidation on the cathode ...
Dec 4, 2020
Nanoengineers developed new and improved probes that could easily validate rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests for COVID-19 worldwide.
Dec 3, 2020
