Researchers at Rice University have improved the efficiency of their solar-powered desalination system by more than 50% by concentrating sunlight into “hot spots.” Using the same amount of light, the researchers were able to increase the rate of p...
Jun 20, 2019
Rice University's solar-powered approach for purifying salt water with sunlight and nanoparticles is even more efficient than its creators first believed.
Jun 20, 2019
Researchers are using graphene to help people with neurological diseases who use implantable devices.
Jun 20, 2019
A research team has used graphene and microfluidics to identify stomach-cancer causing bacteria by detecting chemical reactions of the bacteria at the surface of the biosensor. The sensor is highly sensitive and the test only takes half an hour. F...
Jun 20, 2019
Biosensors are currently used in healthcare to monitor blood glucose; however, they also have the potential to detect bacteria. Researchers at Osaka University have invented a new biosensor using graphene—a material consisting of a one-atom-thick ...
Jun 20, 2019
One-dimensional nanomaterials with highly anisotropic optoelectronic properties can be used within energy harvesting applications, flexible electronics and biomedical imaging devices. In materials science and nanotechnology, 3-D patterning methods...
Jun 20, 2019
A group of researchers from Tohoku University, Nissan Motor Co., Shinshu University, and Okayama University has made a revolutionary discovery in the pursuit to substitute hydrofluorocarbons in...
Jun 20, 2019
LEDs, solar panels, and similar technologies need a cover material that repels dirt, water, and oil and, at the same time, allow a lot of light through. By using innovative flexible materials,...
Jun 20, 2019
In a recent study, a University of Oklahoma (OU) physics team offers insight into a novel Mott state seen in twisted graphene bilayers at the “magic angle”. The OU physicists demonstrate...
Jun 20, 2019
How to enhance the flame-retardant performance of 2D flame retardants? In a paper to be published in the next issue of NANO, a group of scientists from Henan University has studied the...
Jun 20, 2019
