Researchers from the Nanooptics Group at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian) demonstrate that nanoscale infrared imaging - which is established as a surface-sensitive technique - can be employed for chemical...
Jul 24, 2020
Researchers have turned to M13 bacteriophages as a sensing layer for colorimetric sensors. M13 is a nanoscale, benign virus with a shape that closely resembles collagen fibers. It can change its structure by shrinking or expanding in response to a...
Jul 24, 2020
Boston College chemists have used a tandem catalytic system to efficiently convert carbon dioxide to methanol. By encapsulating multiple catalysts involved in the tandem process in nanoporous materials called metal-organic frameworks, the team rep...
Jul 24, 2020
A research team led by scientists of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has recently discovered the disordered nanoscale layers at grain boundaries in the ordered intermetallic alloys. The nanolayers can not only resolve the irreconcilable confl...
Jul 24, 2020
USTC modified the original proposal to be robust to practical imperfections, and experimentally implement a scalable quantum state verification on two-qubit and four-qubit entangled states with nonadaptive local measurements. The research results ...
Jul 24, 2020
Drug-carrying lipid nanoparticles were created that incorporate neurotranmitters to help them cross the blood-brain barrier in mice. The innovation could overcome many limitations encountered in delivering drugs into the central nervous system.
Jul 24, 2020
SCCS revisits three Opinions that lacked information to form conclusions
Jul 23, 2020
Image Credit: Shutterstock.com / Egorov Artem In order to make hydrogen fuel cells a viable energy source for the future, material scientists must find a way to integrate this technology with...
Jul 23, 2020
Technique produces highly conductive crystalline nanoribbons and could be used to make even thinner materials in the future The post Nanostructured topological insulator growth speeds up appeared first on Physics World.
Jul 23, 2020
Copper, a metal commonly used throughout history for its antibacterial properties, is being utilized by researchers to solve a problem very relevant today: making reusable face masks safer and more comfortable for daily use.
Jul 23, 2020
