Particle accelerators are crucial tools in a wide variety of areas in industry, research and the medical sector. The space these machines require ranges from a few square meters to large research centers. Using lasers to accelerate electrons withi...
Oct 18, 2023
Engineers have developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent the spread of metastatic cancers to the lungs. Its success lies in targeting a protein known to play a central role in cancer growth and spread, rather than targeting the primary ...
Oct 18, 2023
While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, 222-nanometer UV lights may produce harmful compounds in indoor spaces, and should be used with ventilation, researchers have found.
Oct 18, 2023
When stacked in five layers in a rhombohedral pattern, graphene takes on a rare 'multiferroic' state, exhibiting both unconventional magnetism and an exotic electronic behavior known as ferro-valleytricity.
Oct 18, 2023
Ordinary pencil lead holds extraordinary properties when shaved down to layers as thin as an atom. A single, atom-thin sheet of graphite, known as graphene, is just a tiny fraction of the width of a human hair. Under a microscope, the material res...
Oct 18, 2023
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent the spread of metastatic cancers to the lungs. The key ingredients of the vaccine are nanoparticles—fashioned from bacterial viruses—that...
Oct 18, 2023
Since its initial discovery in 2004 by two professors at the University of Manchester, graphene has made a big splash in the scientific community. Its discoverers won a Nobel Prize in 2010 for developing the idea—then the race was on to find ways ...
Oct 18, 2023
A newly discovered type of electronic behavior could help with packing more data into magnetic memory devices.
Oct 18, 2023
Researchers are revolutionizing the production of graphene by using coal instead of graphite. The new method not only reduces environmental impact but also promises a lower-cost supply chain, paving the way for a broad range of applications that c...
Oct 18, 2023
Momentus Inc., a U.S.-based commercial space company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MNTS, has entered into a contractual agreement with SatRev, a Polish nanosatellite manufacturer, for orbital transportation and delivery services slated ...
Oct 18, 2023
