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Pictures of the boiling surfaces taken using a scanning electron microscope: Indium tin oxide (top left), copper oxide nanoleaves (top right), zinc oxide nanowires (bottom…
Lined on the inside with virus-binding molecules, nano-shells made of DNA material bind viruses tightly and thus render them harmless. Credit: Elena-Marie Willner / DietzLab…
Multimodal nanosensors (1) are engineered to target and respond to hallmarks in the tumor microenvironment. The nanosensors provide both a noninvasive urinary monitoring tool (2)…
When these self-propelled particles come together, they can organize and move like schools of fish to perform robotic functions. Credit: Kyle Bishop Lab Columbia and…
A team of researchers created a new method to capture ultrafast atomic motions inside the tiny switches that control the flow of current in electronic…
Cross-section of the designed heart-shaped phase singularity sheet. The extended dark region in the center image is a cross-section of the singularity sheet. The phase…
PhD student, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Credit: Sandra Nayeri/Chalmers University of Technology Imagine sitting out in the sun,…
The Soterius Scout sensor can detect COVID-19 even if someone is asymptomatic, to provide the all-clear for someone to enter their work environment. Credit: Soterius…
The innovative material that creates green energy through mechanical force. A new nanotechnology development by an international research team led by Tel Aviv University researchers…
The monolayer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is sandwiched between two protective layers of boron nitride (hBN), with molybdenum rhenium (MoRe) contacts extending through the upper…
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology New biodegradable nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy that enter cancer cells and ‘shut down’ their mitochondria power stations co-designed by TU/e…
A flexible polymer membrane incorporating nanoparticles of PAF selectively absorbs nearly 100% of metals such mercury, copper or iron during desalination, more efficiently producing clean,…
The striped pattern found in a monoatomic layer of bismuth is the same as that found in the pigmentation of certain tropical fish. Both are…
Former MIT postdoc Jonathan Pelliciari, now an assistant physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, holds onto part of the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) instrument at…
Professor Ange-Therese Akono holds a sample of her smart cement. Credit: Northwestern University Incorporating nanomaterials into traditional cement improves water and fracture resistance. Forces of…
Year after year, the explosive growth of computing power relies on manufacturers’ ability to fit more and more components into the same amount of space…
A recent study from Penn Engineering researchers provides new insights into why silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries rapidly degrade and fail. Using advanced imaging techniques…
Schematic of co-axial electrospinning device. Credit: Elsevier A new alternative seawater desalination membrane to produce drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, about 785…
A thin film polymer tunes the properties of an inkjet printed array of small microwave resonators. The composite device can be tuned to capture or…