When Rice University chemist and engineer Hossein Robatjazi set out to marry a molecular sieve called MOF to a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle two years ago, he never imagined the key would be the same process nature uses to petrify wood. In a ne...
Feb 13, 2019
New process combines 3D laser lithography with microfluidics.
Feb 13, 2019
Researchers have shown substantial degradation of these nanoparticles, followed in certain cases by the cells 're-magnetizing'. This phenomenon is the sign of biosynthesis of new magnetic nanoparticles from iron released in the intracell...
Feb 13, 2019
The formation of dendrites on the metal electrodes of lithium metal batteries causes safety and performance concerns. To avoid dendrites, researchers are experimenting with new battery electrolyte chemistries, new separator technologies, and new p...
Feb 13, 2019
Ten years into the future. That's about how far UC Santa Barbara electrical and computer engineering professor John Bowers and his research team are reaching with the recent development of their mode-locked quantum dot lasers on silicon. It&#...
Feb 13, 2019
In a finding that runs counter to a common assumption in physics, researchers at the University of Michigan ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away.
Feb 13, 2019
In February the article 'Metal-doped organic aerogels for photocatalytic degradation of trimethoprim' written by the researchers of two research groups (nanoporous materials and environmental technology research groups) of Tallinn Univer...
Feb 13, 2019
Three-dimensional structures on the micrometer and nanometer scales have a great potential for many applications. An efficient and precise process to print such structures from different materials is now presented by researchers of Karlsruhe Insti...
Feb 13, 2019
As an alternative to morphine, researchers present a new nano-painkiller they've tested in rodents. In their study, three versions of their natural nanoparticle showed anti-pain effects when administered to inflamed rat paws.
Feb 13, 2019
Developed in the 1940s, AA7075 is an aluminum alloy that's almost as strong as steel, yet it weighs just one third as much. Unfortunately its use has been limited, due to the fact that pieces of it couldn't be securely welded tog...
Feb 12, 2019
