Ten years after producing the first sample of the now widely studied family of nanomaterials, called MXenes, Drexel University researchers have discovered a different way to make the atom-thin material that presents a number of new opportunities ...
Mar 18, 2020
Researchers achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tyres into super-light aerogels that have a wide range of applications. This is the first time that aerogels are made from waste rubber tyres.
Mar 18, 2020
Scientists found a way to amplify miRNA in live tumor cells for bioimaging. Their assay is based on a robust cellular autocatalytic biocircuit triggered by synthetic DNA and nanoparticles.
Mar 18, 2020
Reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere is key to stopping environmental degradation. CO2 conversion to methane (green fuel) using renewable hydrogen is considered as one of the best options for simultaneously resolving energy and e...
Mar 18, 2020
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology and the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven developed a single-ste...
Mar 17, 2020
Researchers developed a single-step method to obtain water-soluble fullerene compounds with remarkable biological properties, such as the ability to effectively suppress the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Mar 17, 2020
At the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, scientists have developed a novel, rubber-like material with exclusive properties. The material could serve as a substitute for human tissue in...
Mar 17, 2020
A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), and Brown University has devised new strategies that considerably...
Mar 17, 2020
Scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia) together with colleagues from Sweden, Hungary and U.S., found a way to manufacture stable qubits that operate at room temperature, in contrast to the majority of existing analogues. This opens up new prospects f...
Mar 17, 2020
,,Quantum computers are expected to offer tremendous computational power for complex problems –currently intractable even on supercomputers—in the areas of drug design, data science, astronomy and materials chemistry among others.
Mar 17, 2020
