For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth control pills could increase the risk for side effects such as blood clots or breast cancer. Now, inspired by colorful layered cocktails...
Jan 30, 2019
The intestinal microbiome is key for food processing as well as an accepted co-determinant for different diseases. Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz...
Jan 30, 2019
Nanotechnology for solar power paves way for more sustainable chemical manufacturing industry, one of the globe's biggest energy users.
Jan 30, 2019
AMSBIO is a leading supplier of gold, silver and platinum coated substrates for nanotechnology researchers looking to use these surfaces to characterize self-assembled monolayers using atomic force microscopy, or scanning tunneling microscopy.
Jan 30, 2019
Graphene is a favorable material for application in nanoelectronics. But its electronic properties rely significantly on how the edges of the carbon layer are developed. Zigzag patterns are especially...
Jan 30, 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 be...
Jan 30, 2019
Water molecules distort the electrical resistance of graphene, but a team of researchers has discovered that when this two-dimensional material is integrated with the metal of a circuit, contact resistance is not impaired by humidity.
Jan 30, 2019
Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have created a new concept of thermoelectric material, published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science. It is a device composed of cellulose, produced in s...
Jan 30, 2019
In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from the National Institute of Technology, India, have synthesized blue-green-orange photoemissive sulfur and nitrogen co-doped graphene quantum dots (SNGQDs) using hydrother...
Jan 30, 2019
Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.The researchers have translated a biol...
Jan 30, 2019
