A boiling point of 5900 degrees Celsius and diamond-like hardness in combination with carbon: tungsten is the heaviest metal, yet has biological functions - especially in heat-loving microorganisms. A team led by Tetyana Milojevic at the Universit...
Jul 9, 2019
Scientists at Osaka University discovered a novel mechanism which they refer to as microbubble implosion (MBI) in 2018. In this study, the group confirmed that during MBI, an ultrahigh electrostatic field close to the Schwinger field could be achi...
Jul 9, 2019
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives, that...
Jul 9, 2019
A theory from 2006 predicts that it should be possible to use graphene in a magnetic field not only to absorb terahertz and infrared light on demand but also to control the direction of the circular polarisation. Researchers from UNIGE and Manches...
Jul 9, 2019
In Gallium Nitride (GaN) implanted with a small amount of magnesium (Mg), NIMS succeeded for the first time in visualizing the distribution and optical behavior of the implanted Mg at the nanoscale which may help in improving electrical performanc...
Jul 9, 2019
A new technique squeezes quantum dots to emit single photons with precisely the same color and with positions that can be less than a millionth of a meter apart.
Jul 8, 2019
Toxic chemical contaminates water in 43 states. Barely visible material that looks like tiny grains of sand may hold
Jul 8, 2019
Scientists have used an electron microscope to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers actually use them. A simulation gam...
Jul 8, 2019
Nanotheranostics is a cutting-edge field of medicine that uses nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose and treat diseases. Chemical engineers have now developed a novel nanotheranostic system that uses tunable light to activate or image nanoparti...
Jul 8, 2019
A chemical surface treatment boosts the catalytic activity of the wire-looking nanostructures for a key reaction in solar fuel production.
Jul 8, 2019
