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IMAGE: Top – Atomic force microscopy images of the suspended graphene drum skin before and after optical forging. Bottom – analogue presentation of how a material can become stiffer when it is corrugated. view more  Credit: University of Jyväskylä/Pekka Koskinen, Vesa-Matti Hiltunen Graphene is an ultrathin material characterized by its ultrasmall bending modulus, superflimsiness. Now the

IMAGE: Prof Gao Huajian, formerly from Stanford and Brown University, joined NTU Singapore in 2019. He was installed as Distinguished University Professor at NTU in the same year. (L-R) NTU President Prof… view more  Credit: NTU Singapore As a child, Professor Gao Huajian, Distinguished University Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), would stare at

As devices continue to be built on an increasingly small scale, scientists are looking toward developing ways to engineer materials at the atomic level. In a breakthrough that will contribute to this, published in Nature Communications, researchers from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, along with collaborators, have developed

HOUSTON – (May 25, 2021) – Sometimes things are a little out of whack, and it turns out to be exactly what you need. That was the case when orthoferrite crystals turned up at a Rice University laboratory slightly misaligned. Those crystals inadvertently became the basis of a discovery that should resonate with researchers studying

IMAGE: Special X-ray colors resonate with bonds in molecules, (methyl is pictured in this illustration). This enables scientists to selectively probe chemically distinct parts of micelle nanocarriers–in development for smart medicine… view more  Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. – Before the huge potential of tiny nanocarriers for highly targeted drug delivery and environmental clean-up can

IMAGE: Team from The University of Manchester and Nationwide Engineering laying the world’s first engineered graphene concrete in a commercial setting, just a couple of miles east of the ancient… view more  Credit: The University of Manchester/Nationwide Engineering Manchester innovation pioneers score world first for sustainable construction with graphene concrete. Construction firm Nationwide Engineering will make

IMAGE: Researchers from Tokyo University of Science adopt a design approach for carbon fibers that optimizes fiber orientation and thickness to enhance the strength of fiber reinforced plastic, producing lighter plastic… view more  Credit: Robert Bye on Unsplash Carbon is vital to the existence of all living organisms, since it forms the basis of all organic

IMAGE: Two phenylene nanorings conjoined by a twisted central benzene, showing a structure similar to the number 8. view more  Credit: ZHANG Xinyu et al. The research team led by Prof. DU Pingwu from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) first successfully synthesized an all-phenylene bismacrocycle

Ever since the existence of molecules was proven and molecular reactions were predicted, humans have wanted to visually observe how such events proceed. Such observations of single-molecule reactions are highly important for the fundamental understanding of chemical sciences, which would aid in the development of novel catalysts, materials, or drugs, and help us decipher the

IMAGE: An implantable piezoelectric nanofiber polymer membrane delivers precise amounts of drugs under mechanical force. view more  Credit: Jin Nam/UCR A membrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces activate the polymer’s electric potential and slowly release the

IMAGE: Rossin College PhD students (from left) Nicole Malofsky (bioengineering) and Mari-Therese Burton (materials science and engineering) and have been selected for prestigious national STEM research fellowships. view more  Credit: Courtesy of Nicole Malofsky and Mari-Therese Burton / Lehigh University Rossin College PhD students Mari-Therese Burton (materials science and engineering) and Nicole Malofsky (bioengineering) have been