Scientists demonstrate that spin currents can be generated and manipulated in graphene-based heterostructures at room temperature. The results of this study provide relevant information on the fundamental physics of the phenomena involved and open...
Jan 13, 2020
Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves.
Jan 13, 2020
For corn growers, the decision of when and how much nitrogen fertilizer to apply is a perennial challenge. Scientists at the University of Illinois have shown that nanosatellites known as CubeSats can detect nitrogen stress early in the season, po...
Jan 13, 2020
IBS scientists and their colleagues have recently report an ultimate electrocatalyst that addresses all of the issues that trouble H2O2 production. This new catalyst comprising the optimal Co-N4 molecules incorporated in nitrogen-doped graphene, C...
Jan 13, 2020
New technology uses nano-sized particles of magnetic liquid metal to shred bacteria and bacterial biofilm. The research offers a groundbreaking new direction in the search for solutions to the deadly problem of antibiotic resistance.
Jan 13, 2020
Using a nanoparticle as a "tuning device," researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have devised a way to control electromagnetically induced transparency -- a feature of light which allows it to pass through opaque media.
Jan 13, 2020
A new DNA-programmable nanofabrication platform organizes inorganic or biological nanocomponents in the same prescribed ways.
Jan 13, 2020
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny... The post Gasification Goes Green: Low-Temp Photocatalyst Slashes Carbon F...
Jan 12, 2020
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from KU Leuven, the University of Bremen, the Leibniz Institute of Materials Engineering, and the University of Ioannina has succeeded in killing tumour cells i...
Jan 11, 2020
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry.
Jan 11, 2020
