While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, 222-nanometer UV lights may produce harmful compounds in indoor spaces, and should be used with ventilation, researchers have found.
Oct 18, 2023
When stacked in five layers in a rhombohedral pattern, graphene takes on a rare 'multiferroic' state, exhibiting both unconventional magnetism and an exotic electronic behavior known as ferro-valleytricity.
Oct 18, 2023
Ordinary pencil lead holds extraordinary properties when shaved down to layers as thin as an atom. A single, atom-thin sheet of graphite, known as graphene, is just a tiny fraction of the width of a human hair. Under a microscope, the material res...
Oct 18, 2023
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent the spread of metastatic cancers to the lungs. The key ingredients of the vaccine are nanoparticles—fashioned from bacterial viruses—that...
Oct 18, 2023
Since its initial discovery in 2004 by two professors at the University of Manchester, graphene has made a big splash in the scientific community. Its discoverers won a Nobel Prize in 2010 for developing the idea—then the race was on to find ways ...
Oct 18, 2023
A newly discovered type of electronic behavior could help with packing more data into magnetic memory devices.
Oct 18, 2023
Researchers are revolutionizing the production of graphene by using coal instead of graphite. The new method not only reduces environmental impact but also promises a lower-cost supply chain, paving the way for a broad range of applications that c...
Oct 18, 2023
Momentus Inc., a U.S.-based commercial space company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MNTS, has entered into a contractual agreement with SatRev, a Polish nanosatellite manufacturer, for orbital transportation and delivery services slated ...
Oct 18, 2023
The properties of these unique nanoparticles change in reaction to heat. When combined with an integrated dye, the particles may be used in photoacoustic imaging to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional internal images of the human body.
Oct 18, 2023
Wave energy technology is a proven source of power generation, but there is power inherent in every molecule of liquid on earth, even when the liquid is at rest. At the molecular scale, atoms and ions are always moving. If this nanoscale movement ...
Oct 18, 2023
