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A team of scientists at Argonne National Laboratory has developed a powerful technique for probing in three dimensions the crystalline structure of cathode materials at the nanoscale inside a battery. In particular, the technique probes what happens during the process of "intercalation" — the insertion of ions between the layers of a cathode when a battery generates electricity.
Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Fla., have demonstrated that peptide-based nanoparticles can suppress pancreatic cancer growth without the toxic side effects and therapeutic resistance seen in drug trials. The nanoparticles deliver an RNA molecule that silences the chemical signal telling a gene to make mutated proteins that cause pancreatic cells to grow uncontrollably and resist existing cancer-killing drugs.
Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Fla., have demonstrated that peptide-based nanoparticles can suppress pancreatic cancer growth without the toxic side effects and therapeutic resistance seen in drug trials. The nanoparticles deliver an RNA molecule that silences the chemical signal telling a gene to make mutated proteins that cause pancreatic cells to grow uncontrollably and resist existing cancer-killing drugs.
Physicists at the University of Oregon have developed a fast and sensitive bolometer that can measure light at and far above room temperature. A bolometer is a sensitive electrical instrument that measures the power of incident electromagnetic radiation. The new device, which consists of a trampoline-shaped piece of graphene suspended over a hole, offers an alternative to conventional electronic light detectors, such as those found in a smartphone's camera.
Physicists at the University of Oregon have developed a fast and sensitive bolometer that can measure light at and far above room temperature. A bolometer is a sensitive electrical instrument that measures the power of incident electromagnetic radiation. The new device, which consists of a trampoline-shaped piece of graphene suspended over a hole, offers an alternative to conventional electronic light detectors, such as those found in a smartphone's camera.
Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have, for the first time, discovered fractal-like patterns in a quantum material—a material that exhibits strange electronic or magnetic behavior as a result of quantum, atomic-scale effects. A fractal is any geometric pattern that occurs again and again, at different sizes and scales, within the same object. The team made this discovery while measuring the material's magnetic domains at the nanoscale.
Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have, for the first time, discovered fractal-like patterns in a quantum material—a material that exhibits strange electronic or magnetic behavior as a result of quantum, atomic-scale effects. A fractal is any geometric pattern that occurs again and again, at different sizes and scales, within the same object. The team made this discovery while measuring the material's magnetic domains at the nanoscale.
Trions consist of three charged particles bound together by very weak bonding energy. Although trions can potentially carry more information than electrons in applications such as electronics and quantum computing, trions are typically unstable at room temperature, and the bonds between trion particles are so weak that they quickly fall apart. Now a University of Maryland-led team of researchers has discovered a method to uses carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions that remain stable at room temperature.
Trions consist of three charged particles bound together by very weak bonding energy. Although trions can potentially carry more information than electrons in applications such as electronics and quantum computing, trions are typically unstable at room temperature, and the bonds between trion particles are so weak that they quickly fall apart. Now a University of Maryland-led team of researchers has discovered a method to uses carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions that remain stable at room temperature.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown, for the first time, that a cheap catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device. The reactions that generate hydrogen and oxygen gas take place on different electrodes using different precious metal catalysts. In this case, the scientists replaced the platinum catalyst on the hydrogen-generating side with a catalyst consisting of cobalt phosphide nanoparticles deposited on carbon to form a fine black powder.
