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Skoltech scientists developed highly sensitive sensors based on cobalt oxide nanoflakes which are capable of detecting various alcohols in the air. The new sensors can be used for both medical diagnostics and detection of toxic methanol in the air. Smart devices and the Internet of Things are gaining popularity and becoming a part of our

IMAGE: Generation of polarization entangled photon pairs at a wavelength of 2.1 micrometres. view more  Credit: Michael Kues/PQT An international team with the participation of Prof. Dr. Michael Kues from the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD at Leibniz University Hannover has developed a new method for generating quantum-entangled photons in a spectral range of light that was

Scientists have developed a way of extracting a richer palette of colours from the available spectrum by harnessing disordered patterns inspired by nature that would typically be seen as black. Colours that we see in nature often come from nanoscale patterns that reflect light back in particular ways. A butterfly’s wing, for example, might appear

IMAGE: Rice University theorists have calculated flexoelectric effects in double-walled carbon nanotubes. The electrical potential (P) of atoms on either side of a graphene sheet (top) are identical, but not when… view more  Credit: Yakobson Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON – (March 27, 2020) – One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there’s new evidence

IMAGE: The University of Tokyo researchers develop a new physical model incorporating the density dependence of viscosity to understand the interactions of flowing viscous fluids with pipe walls, with promise to… view more  Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo,

Professor Ronny Thomale holds a chair for theoretical condensed matter physics, the TP1, at the Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg. The discovery and theoretical description of new quantum states of matter is a prime objective of his research. „Developing a theory for a new physical phenomenon which then inspires new experiments seeking after this effect is

A new technique allows researchers to test how the deformation of tiny train track-like cell proteins affects their function. The findings could help clarify the roles of deformed “microtubules” in traumatic brain injuries and in neurological diseases like Parkinson’s. Microtubules are tube-like proteins that act like train tracks for other cellular proteins to move along

Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data. But as these interconnected circuits shrink to nanoscale, engineers worry that pressure, such as that caused by thermal expansion when current flows through these wires, might cause gold to behave more like a liquid than

IMAGE: (Top row) Jiayi Fu, Jonathan Lym, (middle row) Weiqing Zheng, Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Alexander Mironenko, and (bottom row) Dionisios Vlachos of the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation–a U.S. Department of Energy… view more  Credit: University of Delaware UPTON, NY–Scientists have designed a catalyst composed of very low concentrations of platinum (single atoms and clusters smaller than

IMAGE: Deletion of the TPR gene led to lower levels of TPR and its associated protein HSF1 (left; lower panel) whereas rapamycin treatment reduced the tumor cells (dark blue cells) in… view more  Credit: Kanazawa University Ependymoma is a rare form of brain cancer that implicates children and is often tricky to diagnose. Since effective treatment

IMAGE: The nanoscale terahertz wave generator can be implemented on flexible substrates. © EPFL / POWERlab view more  Credit: EPFL / POWERlab Terahertz (THz) waves fall between microwave and infrared radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, oscillating at frequencies of between 100 billion and 30 trillion cycles per second. These waves are prized for their distinctive properties:

IMAGE: EpiAlveolar™ can be used to study the health effects of different kinds of substances instead of conducting tests in which animals are confined to small tubes and forced to inhale… view more  Credit: PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. Ashland, Massachusetts – Researchers can now buy a first-of-its-kind human cell-based alveolar model to study the effects

BETHLEHEM, Pa., USA: In line with the exceptional measures taken by Lehigh University to mitigate the risk of exposure and spread of COVID-19, the 2020 Lehigh Microscopy School, originally scheduled for May 31-June 5, 2020, in Bethlehem, Pa., has been canceled. The Lehigh Microscopy School, a week-long series of courses that keeps engineers, scientists, and

Scientists at University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute have helped discover a molecule that could have a major impact on how data is stored and processed. The UL researchers found that a simple metal-organic molecule can go beyond simple binary (0 – OFF, 1 – ON) computing logic and can in fact switch between three distinct,