As important a technology as water filters are, they get less effective as bacteria builds up on their surface. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new type of membrane that reduces such biofouling by ac...
Jan 18, 2019
Researchers have developed a new kind of 'fire-resistant Xuan paper' based on ultralong hydroxyapatite nanowires.
Jan 18, 2019
Light induces photoreactions that activate the switch of the magnetic orientation of 2D materials dispersed in water.
Jan 18, 2019
A research group has released the open-source design of a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system for two-dimensional (2D) materials growth, an advance which could lower the barrier of entry into 2D materials research and expedite 2D materials disc...
Jan 18, 2019
By re-designing interconnected nanowire networks, researchers fabricated novel nanostructured current collectors, which are the first to combine very high surface area, high porosity, substantially large pores and mechanical flexibility. Thanks t...
Jan 18, 2019
His Royal Highness The Duke of York has officially opened the £60m Masdar Building which houses the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) at The University of Manchester. The GEIC...
Jan 18, 2019
Engineers have created a bacteria-filtering membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose. It's highly efficient, long-lasting and environmentally friendly -- and could provide clean water for those in need.
Jan 18, 2019
New work could help advance the field of quantum state engineering with possible applications in quantum networks and quantum computing The post Light-matter entanglement creates Schrödinger-cat states appeared first on Physics World.
Jan 17, 2019
A powerful new technique combines expansion microscopy with lattice light-sheet microscopy for nanoscale imaging of fly and mouse neuronal circuits and their molecular constituents that's roughly 1,000 times faster than other methods.
Jan 17, 2019
Bioengineers have developed implantable and wearable nanogenerators from special materials that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions. The pulses controlled weight gain and enhanced healing of skin wounds in rat models.
Jan 17, 2019
