Nanoscale Coating Repels Virtually Any Liquid
Engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanoscale coating that can repel virtually any liquid, possibly leading to breathable protective wear for soldiers…
Engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanoscale coating that can repel virtually any liquid, possibly leading to breathable protective wear for soldiers…
Using a sulfur cathode made of nanoparticles where each tiny sulfur nugget is surrounded by a hard shell of porous titanium dioxide, researchers at Stanford…
In an effort to find a new way to deliver precise doses of drugs to specific targets, scientists at North Carolina State University developed a…
The phenomenon of cathodoluminescence gave geologists an easy way to identify quartz and other minerals in rock samples. Cathodoluminescence allows a piece of quartz to…
A new metamaterial created by researchers at Cornell University, is soft enough that it can flow like a liquid, but can then it can return…
Researchers at Duke University found that a molecule made with a polynorbornene backbone can act as a lever to open a ring embedded within the…
Using a 180-nanometer-thick layer of vanadium dioxide on top of a sheet of sapphire, researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have…
Researchers at the North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that are made out of liquid metal, with the ability to stretch eight times…
Samarium hexoboride, a compound that had been poorly understood and that can gain conducting properties at very low temperatures, maybe a topological insulator in its…
Nanoscale cubes of silver could help make more efficient solar panels, heat detectors and specialist cameras. The randomly scattered cubes were placed on pieces of…
Graphene can support 50,000 times its own weight and can spring back into shape after being compressed by up to 80%. Graphene also has a…
Scientists were able for the first time to capture on film a process that makes homogeneous metal oxide nanoparticles. This could pave the way for…
Scientists are working to develop a nanotube-based fabric that repels chemical and biological agents, switching reversibly from a highly breathable state to a protective one…
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that nanoscale particles can be “printed” on flexible plastics to form high-performance electronics. Electronic circuits are typically…
Synthetic chemists have designed self-assembling polymers, which require heat in order to rearrange themselves. This technology has the potential to increase hard drive storage capacity…
In order to link human brains to computers, the interface needs to be delicate enough not to damage nerve tissue, but resilient enough to last…
Scientists have been able to successfully cloak an object, rendering a centimeter-scale cylinder invisible to microwaves. Many different invisibility cloaks have been demonstrated, but all…
Scientists in Southampton, UK, are now able to change the color of gold, which could have applications in jewelry-making and security features. The scientists published…