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Nanophysics Oct 19, 2022

Thinnest ferroelectric material ever paves the way for new energy-efficient devices

Discovery of intriguing material behavior at small scales could reduce energy demands for computing.

Nanomaterials Oct 18, 2022

Nanoporous intermetallic compounds that boost hydrogen production

Hydrogen has the highest energy density (120 MJ/kg) of all known substances, approximately three times more than diesel or gasoline, meaning it could play a pivotal role in sustainable energy systems. But the efficient production ...

Nanophysics Sep 30, 2022

Drawing data at the nanometer scale

A method to draw data in an area smaller than 10 nanometers has been proposed in a recent study published in Physical Review Letters

Optics & Photonics Sep 21, 2022

Researchers demonstrate chemically sensitive LiDAR method

Researchers have developed a new laser-based technique that can simultaneously perform LiDAR and remote chemical measurements. LiDAR, which stands for light detection and ranging, uses a laser to measure distances, or ranges. ...

Biochemistry Sep 14, 2022

Dense and permeable: Molecular organization of tight junctions decoded

They seal epithelial cells and, under certain conditions, allow the passage of ions and water: Tight junctions form a paracellular barrier in tissues and their dysfunction is associated with diseases. Although their molecular ...

Biochemistry Aug 29, 2022

Optical detection of multiple bacterial species using nanometer-scaled metal-organic hybrids

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a simple, rapid method to simultaneously identify multiple food poisoning bacteria, based on color differences in the scattered light by nanometer-scaled organic metal ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 24, 2022

Chemist shows that intermolecular interactions can attain previously unknown dimensions

Intermolecular interactions are the forces that pertain between molecules. In general, these interactions scarcely extend beyond the boundaries of molecules. For the most part, they are effective over distances of less than ...

Materials Science Aug 22, 2022

Plastic upcycling: From waste to fuel for less

A plastics recycling innovation that does more with less, presented today at the American Chemical Society fall meeting in Chicago, simultaneously increases conversion to useful products while using less of the precious metal ...

Biochemistry Aug 17, 2022

Particles from everyday wall paints can harm living organisms, but a novel membrane shows high filtering effects

Dispersion paints are mostly used in households for painting walls and ceilings. An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Bayreuth has now analyzed the chemical composition of two typical dispersion paints ...

Biochemistry Aug 10, 2022

Commonly used chemical fixation causes aggregation artifact

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Communications Biology that using common chemicals for fixing living cell samples for microscopy studies causes membrane proteins to aggregate.

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