Silicon Nanoparticles React with Water to Produce Hydrogen
Scientists at the University at Buffalo have created spherical silicon nanoparticles that react with water to form silicic acid and hydrogen, a potential source of…
Scientists at the University at Buffalo have created spherical silicon nanoparticles that react with water to form silicic acid and hydrogen, a potential source of…
A new study from researchers at Tyndall National Institute and the National University of Singapore shows that subtle changes in the intermolecular van der Waals…
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…
By developing new microfabrication techniques, scientists at DARPA have integrated all the components of an optical phased array into a miniature 2D chip configuration, which…
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…
Scientists at the Optoelectronics Research Center have developed strong, lightweight silica nanofibers that are 15 times stronger than steel and can be manufactured in lengths…
Fireflies have inspired scientists to modify LEDs so that they are more than one and a half times more efficient. Researchers have studied the internal…
Scientists have invented a nanomachine that mimics the function of the ribosome, which is the molecular machine that translates the genetic code into the body’s…
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 newly published study has shown that graphene oxide can rapidly remove some of the most toxic and radioactive long-lived human-made radionuclides from contaminated water,…
New technology that combines the computer-aided design software inSequio with nanoscale fabrication technology could allow for the 3D printing of drugs using DNA. The Parabon…
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 Princeton University have used nanotechnology to develop a nanotechnological mesh that increases efficiency over organic solar cells nearly threefold. The scientists published their…
A new study indicates that DNA strands can be coaxed to fold into shapes in a matter of minutes. This could speed up progress in…
IBM announced an advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals for information transmission in future computing applications. “Silicon nanophotonics” allows the…
Scientists at Caltech have created a new kind of waveguide. Made of amorphous silicon dioxide and covered in a thin layer of gold, the nanodevice…
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…