In their recently published review article in the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Yasuhiko Iwasaki at Kansai University and Kazuhiko Ishihara at the University of Tokyo describe how developments in synthesis ...
Polymers
Dec 13, 2012
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Understanding where and how phase transitions occur is critical to developing new generations of the materials used in high-performance batteries, sensors, energy-harvesting devices, medical diagnostic equipment and other ...
Nanophysics
Dec 28, 2015
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers have created a new type of biosensor that can detect minute concentrations of glucose in saliva, tears and urine and might be manufactured at low cost because it does not require many processing ...
Nanophysics
Aug 21, 2012
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(Phys.org) —RMIT researchers have developed a new antibacterial fabric that can kill a range of infectious bacteria, such as E coli, within 10 minutes.
Materials Science
May 6, 2014
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University of Southern Mississippi scientists recently imitated Mother Nature by developing, for the first time, a new, skinny-molecule-based material that resembles cilia, the tiny, hair-like structures through which organisms ...
Materials Science
Sep 23, 2010
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(Phys.org) -- A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 16, 2012
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A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints.
Materials Science
Dec 13, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least three different chemicals on a single chip at writing speeds of up to one millimeter ...
Nanophysics
Dec 16, 2009
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Artificial bone, created using stem cells and a new lightweight plastic, could soon be used to heal shattered limbs.
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2013
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Currently much of the research on nanocomposite-based sensors is related to non-sustainable materials. This means that these devices contribute to plastic waste when they are no longer in use. A new study, published on 28 ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 28, 2023
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