A team of researchers developed a reliable, high-performance graphene-based sensor which can detect the presence of toxins in water at low levels in just a small amount of time. Learn more about it in this article.
Aug 29, 2023
Nothing in the world is perfect. This is also true in materials research. In computer simulations, one often represents a system in a highly idealized way; for example, one calculates the properties that an absolutely perfect crystal would have. I...
Aug 29, 2023
Multiphoton lithography (MPL) is a technique that uses ultra-short laser pulses to create complex three-dimensional (3D) structures at the micro- and nanoscale. It is based on the principle of multiphoton absorption (MPA), which occurs when two or...
Aug 29, 2023
The carbon material graphene has excellent electronic properties. But are they also stable enough to be useful in practice? New calculations say: Yes.
Aug 29, 2023
Researchers develop a new biomaterial fabrication technique combining co-extrusion and 3D printing to produce scaffolds with nanoscale layers, improving cardiomyocyte growth and function.
Aug 29, 2023
Quantum computers can handle calculations that are well out of the reach of traditional computers, and now scientists in Australia have used the tech to observe something usually too fast for the eye to see. The team managed to slow down a molecul...
Aug 29, 2023
An approach to quantum light emitters developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory stacks two different atomically thin materials to realize a source that generates a stream of circularly polarized single photons that can be used for a variety of q...
Aug 29, 2023
The Los Alamos National Laboratory introduced a corrosion-resistant fuel cell design featuring a coaxial nanowire electrode. This innovative approach holds promise for heavy-duty trucking, showing impressive durability in stress tests.
Aug 29, 2023
A team of researchers, led by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, recently developed a path to mass-manufacture high-performance graphene sensors that can detect heavy metals and bacteria in flowing tap water. This advance could bring down the ...
Aug 29, 2023
Ice build-up can pose a problem for roads, aircraft, wind turbines and power lines, among many other things. Now scientists at Dalian University of Technology have developed a new structure made of copper nanowires that can passively de-ice surfac...
Aug 29, 2023
