A new technique has been used to turn ordinary metals into "metallic wood" with a greatly improved strength-to-weight ratio. By manipulating materials at the atomic scale, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania's Sch...
Jan 29, 2019
Breakthrough in graphene research: large, stable pieces of graphene produced with unique edge pattern.
Jan 29, 2019
The intestinal microbiome is not only key for food processing but an accepted codeterminant for various diseases. Researchers led by the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz identified effects of nanoparticles on intest...
Jan 29, 2019
Graphene is a promising material for use in nanoelectronics. Its electronic properties depend greatly, however, on how the edges of the carbon layer are formed. Zigzag patterns are particularly interesting in this respect, but until now it has bee...
Jan 29, 2019
Pressure puts a new twist on magic-angle bilayers The post Squeezed graphene becomes a superconductor appeared first on Physics World.
Jan 28, 2019
When you light up a metal nanoparticle, you get light back. It's often a different color. That's a fact—but the why is up for debate.
Jan 28, 2019
Good neighbors often share resources: a cup of sugar, extra lawn chairs, a set of jumper cables. Researchers across campus at the University of Arizona will soon be able to share a less common—and far more valuable—resource to help them further th...
Jan 28, 2019
Researchers have measured hundreds of individual quantum energy levels in the buckyball, a spherical cage of 60 carbon atoms. It's the largest molecule that has ever been analyzed at this level of experimental detail in the history of quantum...
Jan 28, 2019
Researchers make their case for photoluminescence as the source of light emitted by plasmonic metal nanoparticles. Their techniques could be used to develop solar cells and biosensors.
Jan 28, 2019
The researchers will work with Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs) coated with immunological signals, used in combination with checkpoint inhibitors.
Jan 28, 2019
