Discovered at Argonne National Laboratory, materials that expand under pressure contain large, fluid-filled pores that may enable their use as filter or storage materials. Credit: Argonne. Various types of ceramic…
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Image: Lithium borosilicide framework. Credit: Fässler, M. Zeilinger; TUM. Lightweight, high energy density, and fast, reliable recharging have made lithium-ion batteries the preferred power sources for cell phones and other portable…
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If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not be aware there’s a new “Superman” movie due out June 14. A trailer for Man of Steel shows a bearded…
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Berkeley Lab researchers increase NMR/MRI sensitivity through hyperpolarization of nuclei in diamond Today’s nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging technologies, like quantum information processing and nuclear spintronic technologies, are…
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Epitaxial SiC films grown on 300mm silicon wafers The Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Facility of Griffith University (Brisbane, AU) and industry partner SPTS Technologies, a Newport, UK, supplier of advanced…
Read MoreSilicate nanoplatelets cause stem cells to become bone cells (increasing formation of red color). Credit: A. Gaharwar, Khademhosseini lab. As the US population ages, more than a million Americans a year…
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Berkeley researchers’ nanowire “artificial forest” for photosynthetic hydrogen production consists of silicon “trunks” and titanium oxide “leaves.” Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hydrogen is considered by many to be the…
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Atomic force microscope image of 50-nm diameter silica nanoparticles on PTFE surface. Researchers at the University of Arkansas found that relatively low concentrations of the particles greatly improved PTFE wear…
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Nature is replete with ingenious structures to make life not just possible, but better. The bony plates of seahorse skeletons, for example, slide past each other, giving the creature incredible flexibility.…
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