New Nanomaterial Resists Projectile Impact Better Than Kevlar
Thinner than a human hair, new material can absorb impacts from microparticles traveling at supersonic speeds. Engineers at Caltech, MIT, and ETH Zürich have developed…
Thinner than a human hair, new material can absorb impacts from microparticles traveling at supersonic speeds. Engineers at Caltech, MIT, and ETH Zürich have developed…
A recent study by Nagoya University researchers revealed that microRNAs in urine could be a promising biomarker to diagnose brain tumors. Their findings, published in…
Many of the products we encounter daily — from deodorant to pesticides to paint — release molecules that drift through the air. Breathing in enough…
Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can dissolve in oceans, lakes, and ponds, forming bicarbonate ions and other compounds that change water chemistry, with possible harmful…
Reconfigurable materials can do amazing things. Flat sheets transform into a face. An extruded cube transforms into dozens of different shapes. But there’s one thing…
Bacterial infections relating to medical implants place a huge burden on healthcare and cause great suffering to patients worldwide. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of…
In a study that could benefit quantum computing, researchers show a superlattice embedded with nanodots may be immune from dissipating energy to the environment. Scientists…
Enormous potential range of applications. MIT engineers and colleagues report important new advances on a tunable metasurface, or flat optical device patterned with nanoscale structures,…
In a study recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, a research group led by Prof. Du Haifeng and Dr. Tang Jin from High Magnetic Field Laboratory,…
Researchers have developed a ‘library of properties’ to help identify the environmental impact of nanomaterials faster and more cost-effectively. Whilst nanomaterials have benefited a wide…
Combined theoretical and experimental work provides general quantitative limits to light-matter coupling in nanophotonic devices. The interplay between light and matter encompasses a stunning spectrum…
Scientists have created a new type of catalyst that will lead to new, sustainable ways of making and using molecules and protect the supply of precious metals. A research team from the University of…
Emergent Magnetic Monopoles Controlled at Room Temperature Three dimensional (3D) nano-network promises a new era in modern solid state physics with numerous applications in photonics,…
MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water. Some kinds of water pollution, such…
A team of physicists from Germany, the US and the UK managed to observe the motion of electrons from one atomically thin layer into an…
Review article in Science covers a wide range of breakthroughs, including Los Alamos’ role in key advances. A new article in Science magazine gives an…
X-ray imaging is a fast and painless way for doctors to see inside a person. But radiation detectors, which go under the body part being…
Important funding for the intersectoral research work of two INRS professors. Patrick Drogui and My Ali El Khakani, professors at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS),…