Using a defective filter to clean pollutants from water may sound like a vague and unoriginal idea, but a new study carried out by Rice University chemical engineers has demonstrated how the...
Mar 14, 2019
Nanostructures made of carbon are extremely versatile. They can absorb ions in batteries and supercapacitors, store gases and desalinate water. How well they cope with the task at hand depends largely on the structural features of the nanopores. A...
Mar 14, 2019
There's a good chance that in the future, microscopic robots could be swimming and crawling their way through our bodies to deliver drugs or fight infections. While some of these have been capable of manipulating individual cells, res...
Mar 14, 2019
Quantum simulation gives a sneak peek into the possibilities of time reversal. We all mark days with clocks
Mar 14, 2019
It wasn't long, but it counts.
Mar 14, 2019
Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to absorb the shock waves produced by a detonation. Those are just some of the properties shown by the metallic foams developed by materials scientists Stefan Diebels an...
Mar 14, 2019
An international team of scientists led by the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory explored the concept of reversing time in a first-of-its-kind experiment, managing to return a computer briefly to the past. The results, pub...
Mar 14, 2019
Researchers at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a platform that uses living cells as 'scaffolds' for building self-assembled composite materials. The technology could open the door to self-healing materials...
Mar 14, 2019
German nanoscientists have succeeded in demonstrating a new reaction mechanism to cleave cellulose efficiently. This new reaction could lead to an efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective process for the conversion of biomass. The st...
Mar 14, 2019
In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from China have proposed a way to reduce uranium concentration in contaminated water. As an essential nuclear fuel, uranium has been greatly used an inevitably released to th...
Mar 14, 2019
