2D nanoscale compound traps noble gases at above-freezing temperatures, a difficult and important industrial challenge.
Mar 30, 2020
A palette of colors on a silver plate: that is what the world's first color photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process was empirical, never explained, and quickly abandoned. A team has now sh...
Mar 30, 2020
For nanoscience PhD student Haley Harrison, a welcome chance to catch up on writing, analysis and family time coexists uneasily with concerns about health and finances The post Physics in the pandemic: ‘I’m worried about paying for medical treatm...
Mar 30, 2020
Nanostructured layers boast countless potential properties – but how can the most suitable one be identified without any long-term experiments? A team from the Materials Discovery Department at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has ventured a shortcu...
Mar 30, 2020
One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there’s new evidence that two could be tops. Rice
Mar 30, 2020
Researchers developed a promising graphene–carbon nanotube catalyst, giving them better control over hugely important chemical reactions for producing hydrogen fuel. Fuel cells and water electrolyzers... The post New Graphene–Carbon Nanotube Catal...
Mar 30, 2020
One of the key issues that is holding back widespread applications of noble metal aerogels is a lack of understanding of the underlying structure-performance correlations. Presumably, this is caused by an insufficient understanding of the sol-gel ...
Mar 30, 2020
In a new paper, Thomas Russell and postdoctoral fellow Ganhua Xie, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, report that they have used capillary forces to develop a simple method for producing self-asse...
Mar 30, 2020
A palette of colours on a silver plate: that is what the world's first colour photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process was empirical, never explained, and quickly abandoned. A team includin...
Mar 30, 2020
One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but theres new evidence that two could be tops.
Mar 28, 2020
